Jaffna-IDP

Source from – http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/10710-children-of-a-lesser-god.html Daily Mirror.lk   The forced eviction which took place in Killinochchi and Jaffna in 1990, snatched away the livelihoods of many Muslim civilians who were forced to leave the north by the LTTE, and the scars of having being thrown out of their homes in the dark by the terrorists, remain to this day. It was late one …

Twenty years on and hundreds of Muslim IDPs who were forcefully evicted by the LTTE from the north, continue to languish in Puttalam. Still living in temporary shelters, they speak of their plight, fears and the hope for a better future.   Source from DailyMirror.lk

இலங்கையின் வட புலத்திலிருந்து 85000 க்கும் மேற்பட்ட முஸ்லிம்கள் – தமிழ் பேசும் முஸ்லிம்கள் – ஆயுத முனையில் பலவந்தமாக 24 மணி நேர அவகாசத்தில வெளியேற்றப்பட்டு 2009 அக்டோபர் திங்களுடன் 19 ஆண்டுகள் பூர்த்தியடைகின்றன. ஒரு தாய் வயிற்று மக்களாக தனித்துவமான பாரம்பரியங்களுடன் – ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகளுக்கு மேற்பட்ட வரலாற்றுப் பாரம்பரியங்களுடன் – வாழ்ந்து வந்த முஸ்லிம்கள் ஒரு சில மணி நேரத்தில் மனிதாபிமானமற்ற முறையில் எல்.டி.டி.ஈ. பயங்கரவாத இயக்கத்தினரால் விரட்டியடிக்கப்பட்டனர். இந்த நிகழ்வு இலங்கை வரலாற்றில் குறிப்பாக தமிழ் மக்களது வரலாற்றில் …

PUTTALAM, 22 March 2010 (IRIN) – Resettlement efforts are under way for thousands of displaced Muslims from Sri Lanka’s north who have been languishing in refugee camps for nearly two decades, officials say. The internally displaced people (IDPs) were forcibly evicted in October 1990 from the northern districts of Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaithivu and some parts of Vavuniya by the …

The Government has allocated Rs100 million to construct school buildings in the Northern Province under the Uthuru Vasanthaya (Northern Spring) project. Construction of 23 school buildings have been completed.  [Uthuru Vasanthaya] * Construction of 23 school buildings completed *20 schools buildings opened * Three more to be opened soon Northern Province Governor Major General G.A. Chandrasiri said after 180 days …

Sri Lanka has been increasingly the scene of much ethnic violence. The Northern Muslims are the victims of the earliest large scale act of ethnic cleansing in our history. Close to 80,000 persons, constituting the entire Muslim population of the five Northern Districts of Jaffna, Mannar, Vavuniya, Mullaithivu and Kilinochchi were summarily expelled from the province by the LTTE on …