5 years today - Indiscriminate shelling continues in No Fire Zone, shocking failure to protect civilians says British Foreign Sec Tamil Guardian 01 May 2014 1 May 2009 - Indiscriminate shelling continues in No Fire Zone, shocking failure to protect civilians says British Foreign SecThe Sri Lankan Army, ignoring calls by the visiting British Foreign Secretary for a ceasefire and immediate international access to the No Fire Zone, continued the relentless shelling of the No Fire Zone killing and injuring scores of civilians in Mullivaaikkal. Sources on the ground told TamilNet that 110 injured civilians had been admitted to the makeshift civilian whilst 27 injured civilians had passed away during the night. The previous day saw 200 civilians brought into to the hospital with 39 deaths. Sources from makeshift hospital were only able to give accounts of people that died in care as severely injured civilians and dead bodies were being left in the fields by this stage. The British and French envoys speaking on their visit to Sri Lanka, said,  "Time is running out for those trapped or displaced by the fighting. Our mission was simple: to make, in person, the case for the humanitarian relief that the UN, the EU and the G8 have called for." "Here the refusal to allow the UN, the aid agencies and the media full and proper access is quite wrong." "As members of the UN Security Council we do not shy away from the responsibility of sovereign governments and the international community to protect civilians   5 Years Today - Hospital in No Fire Zone Attacked, British Foreign Sec Calls for Ceasefire, Sri Lanka Downp... by nelvely