Human rights violations, by whoever and wherever commited, should be the concern of each and every civilised person. And yet the silence in respect of the war resulting in death and maiming of thousands of civilians in Srilanka is deafening ... Highways have been closed by the military thereby depriving lakhs of innocent people food and indispensable and lifesaving medicine.Women, children, sick and aged have particularly been the targets.Millions have fled the country of their birth and seek shelter in other countries as refugees.
And not all of them are treated with the sympathy or respect they deserve.
The West responded to the cries of Jews and Israel was created for them. Plebiscite was conducted in East Timor by the United Nations and the army of Indonesia retreated to its barracks. Yer, strangely, despite the harrowing and indescribeably horrible tragedies of Srilanka continuing unabated, internatioonal organisations tend to look the other way around.... Why ?
2007-12-30
13:48:33
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Chidambarank R
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