Comments on: Report From Vavuniya

By: Bailaman

Bailaman — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:11:43 +0000

The above should read: Nayagan you are aware that there are around 600,000 displaced in Sri Lanka, right? There are people who haven’t been resettled since the 90s the 600,000 also includes Tsunami survivors still living in refugee camps.

By: Bailaman

Bailaman — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:10:08 +0000

Nayagan you are aware that there are around 600,000 displaced in Sri Lanka, right? There are people who haven’t been resettled since the 90s which includes Tsunami survivors still living in refugee camps. This is the norm in a poor developing nation. It has very little to do with the LTTE, Naygan.

In Sri Lanka there are injustices suffered by all not just the few who get the attention.

Thanks for the post Indi.

By: Nayagan

Nayagan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:41:15 +0000

he said, however out of context, that “we are doing a great wrong to these people.”

I don’t see how that contradicts your reporting but it seems a bit more serious than, “humanitarian needs are met…but human needs are not.”

Wouldn’t they jail a Tamil doctor for saying the same thing to the BBC?

By: indi

indi — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:49:20 +0000

He’s probably right. I don’t see the contradiction between me reporting what I saw and him what he saw.

I certainly agree that the law doesn’t apply to IDPs. The humanitarian stuff (food, water, latrines) is being addressed, that gets better every week. There is, however, little progress on extending legal rights and protections to these Sri Lankans.

By: Nayagan

Nayagan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:23:20 +0000

transcurrents So is the Hon. CJ Sarath Nanda Silva a filthy liar or is the quote taken out of context (or is the report itself bogus?)

By: Global Voices in Italiano » Sri Lanka: rapporto dai campi profughi

Global Voices in Italiano » Sri Lanka: rapporto dai campi profughi — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:13:35 +0000

[...] è tornato recentemente[in] da Vavuniya [it], la maggiore città del distretto di Vanni nello Sri Lanka, che offre [...]

By: Nayagan

Nayagan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:31:34 +0000

Thanks for the report.

Other than Thamilini, and rumors of Pottu Amman, have they caught any actual Tigers trying to pass themselves off as IDPs? I mean people who had command and administrative responsibilities, not foot soldiers or children. Does the GOSL honestly think that if a few escape, they will be willing and able to foment trouble? That seems a rather flimsy pretext to pose as legitimate obstacle to a truly expedited resettlement.

Also, is there any popular movement to throw the TMVP into Tiger rehabilitation camps as well?

By: Global Voices Online » Sri Lanka: Report From The IDP Camps

Global Voices Online » Sri Lanka: Report From The IDP Camps — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:47:36 +0000

[...] recently returned from Vavuniya, the biggest town in the Wanni district of Sri Lanka and temporary refuge to [...]

By: indi

indi — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:48:18 +0000

I was there for some Sahana meetings. It wasn’t set up in days at all.

They’ve had opportunities during this disaster but the setup they’ve given in in months, not days.

All they really need is a printed list.

By: Ayla

Ayla — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:37:45 +0000

Indi, Sahana handled some disaster management data collection work during the Tsunami.
They set up within days and was very successful.

I think Dr. Sanjiv Weerawarna maintained the group.