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• A Wobbly Bridge (Or Is It A Footpath?) From The Tamil Diaspora

  
  groundviews — Authority: 534
  For a long time I didn’t think of myself as being a part of the Tamil Diaspora. I had this vague feeling that I was going to go back home some day.  Even when it was pretty obvious that I was not going back, I still didn’t want to identify myself as a member of the Diaspora.  For me, acknowledging that I was a ...
  6 days ago

• 130,000 Tamil IDPs Released

  
  Conflict Health — Authority: 120
  T he incredible and brutal end of the Sri Lankan civil war last year gave hope for reconciliation between the government and the island nation’s Tamil ethnic population. Instead, the government rounded up and detained 300,000 mostly Tamil civilians. In the face of horrific humanitarian conditions, the international ...
  6 days ago

• The Travelling Circus: A different take on IDPs in Sri Lanka

  
  groundviews — Authority: 534
  Groundviews recently spoke to Tracy Holsinger of Mind Adventures and Mike Masilamani (Masii) about the upcoming production of ‘The Travelling Circus’, devised and adapted from Mike’s short story, ‘ The Boy Who Spoke in Numbers ‘. Tracy’s adaptation of the short story for stage deals with the political and ...
  1 week ago

• Refugees:Fears for migrants forced back to Libya

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 443
  Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) - Migrants are being denied the opportunity to land in Europe and receive much-needed humanitarian assistance. They are also exposed once again to the violence and abuse endured while trying to reach Italy.Rome - New Italian government policies to curb the influx of migrants have led ...
  1 week ago

• 180 days after end of war, the much anticipated return of IDPs: An eyewitness account

  
  groundviews — Authority: 534
  Last week a group of us got very rare access to some of the resettled areas in Mannar and Killinochchi. I also visited the different zones in Manik Farm (used to be called Manikkam Pannai). As we get to Vavuniya something that strikes me was the number of vehicles (buses and lorries) moving about with IOM stickers. ...
  1 week ago

• Landmines: Mine blasts continue take terrible toll

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 443
  With over 5,000 casualties last year from landmines that continue to indiscriminately kill and maim decades after they are laid, two senior United Nations officials today warned that, despite significant progress in ridding the world of these explosive devices, much more needs to be done.“Over the past two years ...
  1 week ago

• Are We Afraid or Confused?

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 490
  It’s not to sprinkle salt on the wounds of the internally displaced people of Swat and the FATA, but it’s  a fact that these people are somewhat responsible of what they are reaping these days. Had they stood up to the raging Taliban earlier in their areas and had they not adopted collous and cynic posture for ...
  1 week ago

• Chellaney on Indo-Sri Lanka relations: How not to win friends and influence your neighbours

  
  groundviews — Authority: 534
  Intellectuals in India have unfortunately not played positive roles in building good relations with its small neighbors.  For the most part they ignore all neighbors other than Pakistan.  In the few cases they do not, they tend to do active harm.  The recent article in Forbes.com on 9 October 2009 ( ...
  1 week ago

• Love Displaced

  
  groundviews — Authority: 534
  If I only knew you were all right or even just okay or less than all right but alive I could survive in this - this place where there are shops clinics even makeshift toilets and tampons distributed by companies with corporate responsibility If only I could imagine we found each other down a de-mined stretch of ...
  2 weeks ago

• GSP+, SOVEREIGNTY, DOUBLE STANDARDS AND TERRORIST TRAITORS

  
  groundviews — Authority: 534
  It is worth clarifying here the situation regarding the EU GSP+ facility, given the confusion prevailing in the mainstream media. The EU has NOT threatened trade sanctions against Sri Lanka. The GSP+ facility is an extra privilege granted to developing countries which abide by certain human rights norms. If it is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lazy Academics and a Diaspora Without Direction

  
  groundviews — Authority: 534
  The recent Amnesty International sponsored forum “Sri Lanka: Human Rights Issues and Media Representation ” held last week in Melbourne was a missed opportunity. The forum could have signposted the strategies needed to pressure the Australian Government to do more to improve human rights and freedom of expression ...
  2 weeks ago

• Winning Legitimacy: What Bashir Seeks in the Elections

  
  Save Darfur Weblog — Authority: 470
  President Bashir’s National Congress Party in Sudan is driving for one primary goal: winning the national elections scheduled for April 2010.  All analysis of the NCP’s behavior between now and April should be viewed through this lens. Bec Hamilton in a blog yesterday sees such motivations behind the  ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy: Speaking in many tongues and still not making any sense

  
  groundviews — Authority: 534
  Is it just me or are you also wondering how many times can the government of Sri Lanka shoot itself in the foot or put the proverbial foot in the mouth when it comes to manageing it’s diplomatic affairs? Since executing the war against the LTTE to it’s logical conclusion a mere 5 months ago, the government of Sri ...
  2 weeks ago

• War’s ‘Lost Boy’ grows up to graduate from college

  
  Refugees United Blog — Authority: 110
  Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — Kuol Dut was six when the swirling chaos of war churned through his village. He recalls playing in a field as neighbors raced toward him, screaming about militias attacking their homes. Even a boy of Kuol’s age knew that militias and soldiers slaughtered men, women and children in the ...
  2 weeks ago

• A response to Kusal Perera on political honesty and questioning Sarath Fonseka

  
  groundviews — Authority: 534
  [Editors note: Mano Ganesan kindly accepted our invitation to respond to Kusal Pereras article An open discourse with Mano Ganeshan on political honesty .] This subject of Sarath Fonseka should not be considered as an isolated issue. Sri Lanka is a sad Republic today as the main democratic opposition ...
  2 weeks ago

• Thanksgiving comes early for Iraqi refugees in Knoxville

  
  Refugees United Blog — Authority: 110
  The war in Iraq hits home for many people in Tennessee, especially during the holidays. For a group of Iraqis in Knoxville, the war ultimately forced them seek refuge in the United States where they now celebrate American holidays. Sunday afternoon, several local families hosted a Thanksgiving party at Jubilee Farms ...
  2 weeks ago

• Forgotten Refugees - West Balkans

  
  Blogactiv - EU Blog Platform — Authority: 151
  The refugee question is of paramount importance in Balkans - still. Beginning 1991, political upheavals – such as the breakup of Yugoslavia – displaced millions of people. Officially one part of these people are refugees meaning that they have escaped to other country, one part is “internally displaced ...
  2 weeks ago

• Forgotten Refugees - West Balkans

  
  AriRusilas BalkanPerspective — Authority: 110
  The refugee question is of paramount importance in Balkans - still. Beginning 1991, political upheavals – such as the breakup of Yugoslavia – displaced millions of people. Officially one part of these people are refugees meaning that they have escaped to other country, one part is “internally displaced ...
  2 weeks ago

• Forgotten Refugees – West Balkans

  
  AriRusila's BalkanBlog — Authority: 405
  The refugee question is of paramount importance in Balkans – still. Beginning 1991, political upheavals – such as the breakup of Yugoslavia – displaced millions of people. Officially one part of these people are refugees meaning that they have escaped to other country, one part is “internally displaced ...
  2 weeks ago

• A cure for all ailments: Pak Police پاکستانی پولیس: زندہ طلسمات

  
  Overseas Pakistani Friends — Authority: 138
  بھولے بھالے پاکستانی حکمران پولیس کو ہر مرض کی دوا بنادینے کی کوشش کرتے ہیں۔۔۔
  2 weeks ago

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