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Take Action Now! (USA) Refugees languish without humanitarian aid, basic rightsJune 19, 2009 Sri Lanka has slipped from world headlines, but up to 300,000 Tamil civilians continue to languish in government-run internment camps in Sri Lanka. The conditions are appalling. Humanitarian aid organizations, including United Nations agencies, are being given only limited access to these camps, as reports of death by starvation emerge.
Island of Tears
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On February 2nd, eight Americans began a fast, renouncing all food in support of civilians under attack in Sri Lanka. Every meal they sacrifice represents 30 refugees trapped in the ravaged regions of Sri Lanka, and they will not stop until the more than 300,000 Tamil civilians who are under constant artillery and aerial onslaught are represented. |
