| 5 years today - IDP death toll rises, call for UN war crimes probe |
06 May 2014May 06 2009 - IDP death toll rises, call for UN war crimes probe
Amid intense shelling of civilians trapped by advancing Sri Lankan forces, at least 10 elderly people in government-run Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps died this day due lack of a lack of proper medical care and psychological stress, TamilNet reports.
Meanwhile, amidst the escalating death tolls, 125 academics from Canada and elsewhere signed a petition calling on the Canadian government to take urgent steps to stop the intensifying humanitarian crisis.
Amongst other things they called on Canada to “Urge the UN Security Council to authorize timely and decisive measures to halt mass atrocities in the Vanni region of Sri Lanka, including the dispatch of a special envoy to the region, and the creation of a commission of inquiry into crimes under international law committed by any person or entity.”
See the report here and the full text of their appeal here.
