03/15/2011
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Daily News
*Some can’t speak in Tamil
*Some don’t know where Vavuniya is
Certain elements, who cannot even speak in Tamil or do not know where Vavuniya is and the actual situation in Jaffna, operate as pro-LTTE or Tamil Diaspora for their own survival, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa during the Janapathi Janahamuwa (President meets the people) telecast on State and private TV channels Friday. The Sri Lankan Government never drove out or evicted Tamils from this country, he said.
01/09/2011
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Sunday Times
Mounting incidents of crime in the northern Jaffna and Vavuniya districts have prompted Police to advise residents to wear only imitation jewellery and take extra steps to protect their homes. These are among the measures proposed by two senior Police superintendents in leaflets widely disturbed yesterday in the north.
12/07/2010
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Tamil Daily
Sri Lanka Government has directed the United Nations officials to close the UNICEF, UNHCR offices in Ki’linochchi district in the North, and Trincomalee in the East before the end of this year, and to move the administrative functions to offices located outside NorthEast, civil society sources in Jaffna said. The sources fear that Colombo’s action is part of its longer term strategy to rid of all NGO offices in the NorthEast.
During the period of intense war in Vanni, the UN Office functioning inside Vanni was moved south to Vavuniya, outside the areas of combat. However, after the war ended Colombo refused to allow the UN officials to reopen in the previously operated premises.
UNICEF has administrative control over four schools in Pa’lai and Ki’linochchi areas. UNICEF will maintain its functions working from its Jaffna offices, sources said.
World Food Program continues to distribute rations in Vanni area.
Jaffna, Kilinochch, Trincomalee, UN, UNICEF, Vanni, Vavuniya
11/21/2010
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AFP
Sri Lanka's government has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to close its offices in the island's former war zone, the Geneva-based humanitarian agency said Sunday.
09/03/2010
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Sunday Leader
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said the Sri Lankan government has assured that the army will return the land of the displaced Tamils in the country’s northern Vavuniya district, Indian media reports stated.
08/20/2010
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ColomboPage
Aug 20, Colombo: Sri Lankan government today said that over 235,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been resettled so far and the resettlement of the remaining IDPs will be completed by the end of September.
08/11/2010
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Groundviews
[Editors note: We reproduce below two open letters sent to the Editors of the Daily Mirror and Daily Mirror online respectively. The letters flag significant concerns over a marked lack of professionalism and violation of established media ethics by both the online and print versions of the newspaper. The letters are published for any responses that either of the Editors wish to send to Groundviews, and for others to critically engage with in what we feel is a vital and necessary debate on mainstream media standards in post-war Sri Lanka. The author of the two letters blogs athttp://electra.blogsome.com.]
07/16/2010
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Office of the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sri Lanka, ReliefWeb
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Ι. SITUATION OVERVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS
Return update
- Approximately 20,600 IDPs were released / returned during May mostly from Menik Farm and, to a lesser extent, from host families. As of 20 May, 60,900 IDPs await resettlement in Menik Farm.
- Humanitarian actors continue to support the Competent Authority for IDPs to determine the mine contamination status of proposed return locations. Some IDPs are accommodated in secondary transit centres until the completion of demining operations allow for access to their lands. Advance notice of return movements assist IDPs in Menik Farm to make preparations for their return.
- Local administrations have adopted different arrangements for IDPs from host families returning to their places of origin. IDPs travel from Vavuniya District to Mullaitivu District in organized convoys, allowing authorities to receive them and check documentation. Returnees to Kilinochchi District find their own transport to the Central College transit site, where registration and onward movements to villages are organized.
06/28/2010
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IRIN News
VAVUNIYA, 28 June 2010 (IRIN) - As residents of northern Sri Lanka piece together their lives a year after the end of a decades-long civil war, a communication gap between Tamil-speaking locals and a predominantly Sinhala-speaking police force threatens to hinder recovery in the region.
06/21/2010
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Norwegian Refugee Council, ReliefWeb
Over 60,000 Muslim persons expelled from their native districts of Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar and Vavuniya in northern Sri Lanka by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 1990 have been living in a state of protracted displacement for the past 20 years in the Puttalam district. Few initiatives, both on the part of government and non-governmental actors have sought to address the needs and concerns of these individuals, many of whom continue to identify themselves as uprooted persons distinct from the host community in Puttalam. NOTE: THIS IS THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. CLICK FOR LINK TO FULL REPORT.