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Sri Lanka: Clearing the way

Thursday, September 18th, 2008 @ 18:24 UTC

by Rezwan

Countries:: Sri Lanka
Topics:: Human Rights, War & Conflict
Languages:: English

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Jason Motlagh reports in Untold Stories: “Journalists have been barred from covering the war in Sri Lanka's battered northern region, and now aid workers are out of the picture. As government forces aggressively advance toward the Tamil Tiger capital, Kilinochchi, tens of thousands of displaced Tamils have lost the only bulwark between them and two sides with grim human rights records.”

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