Sri Lankan flouting human rights
2009-02-21 05:53:31 - The two Black Air Tigers, Col. Roopan and Lt. Col. Siriththiran with blue tiger award for carrying out attack on Sri Lankan targets met LTTE leader Velupillai Pirapaharan before embarking on their Friday mission. Duo claimed two aircraft of Black Air Tiger mission diving into Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Headquarters in Colombo and into the SLAF base at Katunayaka, carrying out air raids in which two person have died and 58 persons injured.
Two LTTE aircrafts tactically carried to hit two Sri Lanka Air Force installations in Colombo at Sri Lankan AF Headquarters at Katunayake between 9:20 and 9:45 p.m. Friday. In this air bombing 58 persons inured out of which 47 of Sri Lanka Air Force airmen, were rushed to base hospital . Many of the wounded have sustained serious injuries, two
of them succumbed to their injuries and at least 6 persons were wounded inside Katunayake airbase.
Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said the wreckage and the body of one pilot was recovered near Katunayake air base. Unconfirmed reports say that two bombs were dropped by the LTTE aircraft. One reportedly fell near the Army Ground. A spokesman of the Sri Lankan government said the situation was under control nearly three hours after the surprise strike which also hit the Army Headquarters ground. Sri Lanka was put on high alert in the wake of what is being described as a desperate attempt by the Tigers to carry out surprise strikes.
Meanwhile Defence Secretary, Gotapaya Rajpakse visited the scene of the blast around midnight and investigation is on ascertain how the aircraft entered the air space of Colombo.
Sri Lanka army with their anti aircraft gunned down two of the aircrafts have come down on their targets, displaying the wreckage of the aircraft that came down in Katunayake, showed a dead pilot in Tiger uniform, media sources in Colombo said. LTTE has not release details of the mission.
Second aircraft was found in main building of Inland Revenue Department, located in front of the SLAF HQ, was on fire following the attack, according to military sources in Colombo.A complete chaos prevailed in the city, which was in dark for more than an hour.Thousands of tracer bullets were fired from all the corners of the city, including the Katunaykae International Airport.
The International human right norms are being flouted Ross said, Sri Lankan government should immediately cease its indiscriminate artillery attacks on civilians in the northern Vanni region and its policy of detaining displaced persons in internment camps, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Friday. "Sri Lankan forces are shelling hospitals and so-called safe zones and slaughtering the civilians there," James Ross, legal and policy director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. 'Sri Lankan forces have repeatedly and indiscriminately shelled areas crowded with displaced persons. This includes numerous reported bombardments of government-declared "safe zones" and of the remaining hospitals in the region,' HRW said. 'The plight of the region's civilians has been made worse by the government's decision in September 2008 to order most humanitarian agencies out of the Vanni.'
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said since early January 2009, civilian casualties have skyrocketed in the fighting between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).The 45-page report, HRW said, is based on a two-week fact-finding mission to Vanni region of northern Sri Lanka in February. The government has prohibited journalists and human rights monitors from going to the battle zone in the Vanni, making access to information difficult.
Power supply was cut off and anti aircraft fire was reported from several sentry posts in Colombo city Friday night around 9:30 following reports of Tiger aircraft being spotted over Vavuniyaa. Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets were flying over the coastal area north of Colombo.Power cut was also reported in Jaffna.
HRW also condemned the LTTE for not allowing civilians to flee the areas being bombarded by the Sri Lankan military.
'The Sri Lankan government has indicated that the ethnic Tamil population trapped in the war zone can be presumed to be siding with the LTTE and treated as combatants, effectively sanctioning unlawful attacks,' HRW said.
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Two LTTE aircrafts tactically carried to hit two Sri Lanka Air Force installations in Colombo at Sri Lankan AF Headquarters at Katunayake between 9:20 and 9:45 p.m. Friday. In this air bombing 58 persons inured out of which 47 of Sri Lanka Air Force airmen, were rushed to base hospital . Many of the wounded have sustained serious injuries, two
of them succumbed to their injuries and at least 6 persons were wounded inside Katunayake airbase.
Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said the wreckage and the body of one pilot was recovered near Katunayake air base. Unconfirmed reports say that two bombs were dropped by the LTTE aircraft. One reportedly fell near the Army Ground. A spokesman of the Sri Lankan government said the situation was under control nearly three hours after the surprise strike which also hit the Army Headquarters ground. Sri Lanka was put on high alert in the wake of what is being described as a desperate attempt by the Tigers to carry out surprise strikes.
Meanwhile Defence Secretary, Gotapaya Rajpakse visited the scene of the blast around midnight and investigation is on ascertain how the aircraft entered the air space of Colombo.
Sri Lanka army with their anti aircraft gunned down two of the aircrafts have come down on their targets, displaying the wreckage of the aircraft that came down in Katunayake, showed a dead pilot in Tiger uniform, media sources in Colombo said. LTTE has not release details of the mission.
Second aircraft was found in main building of Inland Revenue Department, located in front of the SLAF HQ, was on fire following the attack, according to military sources in Colombo.A complete chaos prevailed in the city, which was in dark for more than an hour.Thousands of tracer bullets were fired from all the corners of the city, including the Katunaykae International Airport.
The International human right norms are being flouted Ross said, Sri Lankan government should immediately cease its indiscriminate artillery attacks on civilians in the northern Vanni region and its policy of detaining displaced persons in internment camps, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Friday. "Sri Lankan forces are shelling hospitals and so-called safe zones and slaughtering the civilians there," James Ross, legal and policy director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. 'Sri Lankan forces have repeatedly and indiscriminately shelled areas crowded with displaced persons. This includes numerous reported bombardments of government-declared "safe zones" and of the remaining hospitals in the region,' HRW said. 'The plight of the region's civilians has been made worse by the government's decision in September 2008 to order most humanitarian agencies out of the Vanni.'
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said since early January 2009, civilian casualties have skyrocketed in the fighting between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).The 45-page report, HRW said, is based on a two-week fact-finding mission to Vanni region of northern Sri Lanka in February. The government has prohibited journalists and human rights monitors from going to the battle zone in the Vanni, making access to information difficult.
Power supply was cut off and anti aircraft fire was reported from several sentry posts in Colombo city Friday night around 9:30 following reports of Tiger aircraft being spotted over Vavuniyaa. Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets were flying over the coastal area north of Colombo.Power cut was also reported in Jaffna.
HRW also condemned the LTTE for not allowing civilians to flee the areas being bombarded by the Sri Lankan military.
'The Sri Lankan government has indicated that the ethnic Tamil population trapped in the war zone can be presumed to be siding with the LTTE and treated as combatants, effectively sanctioning unlawful attacks,' HRW said.
Author:
Naresh Sagar
Web: www.nksagar.com
Phone: 9810974027
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