This is just a quick link to Andy Worthington’s blog and an article he has written on the current court case in the UK regarding the torture victim Binyam Mohammed. Take some time to read the post, and especially the comments at the end from a US veteran.
...The plight of displaced persons has been exacerbated by the government’s decision in September 2008 to order most humanitarian agencies out of the Vanni. The government’s own efforts to bring in food, medical supplies, and other relief with a minimal United Nations
role have been insufficient. Continuing fighting, lack of oversight, and the manipulation of aid delivery by government forces and the LTTE have all contributed to the deepening humanitarian crisis.
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...Given the convoluted nature of the problem, human rights activism too has reached a point of fatigue. Human rights groups have documented and exposed violations by the state since the 1970s and by the LTTE and other groups since 1988. They undoubtedly had a restraining influence on the state, but there is no end in sight to mass killings and other grave abuses....
