More than one lakh Sri Lankan Tamil refugees live on low rations in dingy camps

Paramita Ghosh, Hindustan Times   April 19, 2014

Karuna starts each time a car stops outside the door. He shows his wounds at the hands of the Sri Lankan army; the ones that have been inflicted by an Indian policeman hurt no less. “I should return to the camp,” he says after an hour. “I’m out of work, I might be asked by the cops why I had to stay out so late.”

Professor Ramu Manivannan of Madras University, had gone to Geneva as an independent observer to witness the recent UN proccedings. “With the US-driven UN resolution, India is no longer a ...

Advocate Angyarkanni, who has visited refugee camps in Sri Lanka, (she met Prabhakaran’s mother there, a month before she died), says FIRs at special camps are based on no prima ...

“India is party to the civil war and its subsequent cover-up and every political party is party to it,” says film-maker Leena Manimekalai. Her first feature film, Sengadal, shows how ...

“No party has done more. We increased refugees’ allowance, made reservations in educational institutions,” says Radhakrishan, headquarters secretary, DMK, in Chennai. (HT photo/Sanjeev Verma)

By doing politics without taking part in elections, Thozhar Thiagu, of the Tamil National Liberation Movement, and one of the key figures behind TN’s mass movement, says, he has “been ...

Balachandran, LTTE leader Prabhakaran’s 12-year-old son was shot dead allegedly by Lankan army officials. Chennai erupts in protest after the Channel 4 documentary was seen worldwide. The UK documentary reveals ...

Countries that have accepted Tamil refugees with dignity and status offer a contrasting picture. Rathika Sitsabaiesan is a Canadian MP of Tamil origin. (HT photo/Sanjeev Verma)

The Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009. It turned 10 lakh Tamils into refugees. 3 lakh refugees are in Indian camps and Goomidpoondi, near Chennai, is the biggest. Refugees ...

The Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009 with the death of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. It turned 10 lakh Tamils into refugees. Over a lakh refugees are in camps in India. Goomidpoondi, near Chennai, is one of the biggest.(HT photo/Sanjeev Verma)

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