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August 11, 2009 :: Anjika Sridhar :: Comments Off
In the first election since the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the Tamil Tiger rebels), ethnic Tamil voters appear to have signaled their desire to achieve self-rule. A pro-rebel party won the largest number of seats in local council elections in Vavuniya and the second most in Jaffna.
July 23, 2009 :: Anjika Sridhar :: Comments Off
The 26-year civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been declared ended, with the taking of the Tigers’ last strongholds, the reported “liberation” of the civilian population of the region, and the killing of LTTE founder and supreme commander Velupillai Prabhakaran, whom the government declared to have died on 18 May 2009, in an attack on an ambulance reportedly carrying LTTE leaders.
May 20, 2009 :: Anjika Sridhar :: Comments Off
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have laid down their arms, in order to prevent further death among the Tamil people, according to news reports. The government says the ceasefire agreement is surrender and a comprehensive victory; the LTTE say they are entering a ceasefire in order to spare end the violence. It is not known whether, in the absence of its traditional leadership, the LTTE will be able to agree to an enforceable peace or whether the group could split.
May 15, 2009 :: J.E. Robertson :: One Comment
Pres. Barack Obama today spoke of his grave concern for the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, where some 190,000 displaced people are now at risk for disease, hunger, or the ongoing violence between government forces and the Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels. Obama called on the LTTE to lay down its arms and allow civilians to flee, and he called on the government to allow civilians to find genuine security from military action and to cease all bombardment of civilian areas.
May 12, 2009 :: Riga Listin :: Comments Off
Sri Lanka’s government has expelled three reporters for the UK-based Channel 4 News. Nick Paton Walsh, producer Bessie Du and cameraman Matt Jasper, were detained by police in the town of Trincomalee, in eastern Sri Lanka, after reports highlighting the conditions facing refugees who fled the fighting between government and rebel forces.
May 4, 2009 :: J.E. Robertson :: 2 Comments
As the world marked international Press Freedom Day yesterday, there was growing concern about the conditions facing journalists around the world. Reporters without Borders (RSF) has expressed concern a Tibetan editor jailed in China may be suffering torture, the American journalist Roxana Saberi is said to be frail due to an ongoing hunger strike in protest of her 8 year sentence for ‘espionage’ in Iran, and numerous heads of state are listed as ‘predators’ working against press freedom.
February 16, 2009 :: staff :: Comments Off
50 years ago today, Fidel Castro was sworn in as president of Cuba, after his rebel militia overthrew the authoritarian Batista regime. Castro’s revolutionary government is still in command, under Fidel’s brother Raúl, whom many are calling on to institute substantial reforms and democratize Cuba and its one-party system. Xinhua reports that “Sri Lankan President [...]
February 4, 2009 :: staff :: Comments Off
The US, Britain, EU, Japan and Norway, have called on the Tamil Tiger rebels to lay down their arms in order to prevent further harm to the civilian population in what appears to be a conflict nearing its end. Sri Lanka’s government is accused of bombing civilian areas and yesterday striking a hospital, with some [...]
January 30, 2009 :: staff :: Comments Off
The US economy is reported to have shrunk by 3.8% in the 4th quarter of 2008, the worst performance in nearly 3 decades. The news has some worried that markets will react negatively and the recessionary spiral will lead to even greater losses and the possible self-fulfilling prophecy of economic depression. Gov. Rod Blagojevich was [...]
June 2, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: One Comment
Recién inaugurada en el Palais de Tokyo, en París, Francia, ‘Superdome’ explora el sufrimiento humano vinculado con situaciones donde el desastre se sigue con transformaciones socio-económicas de escala casi incomprensible. La exposición concentra su atención temática en la situación que encontraron los habitantes de Nueva Orleans, cuando el huracán “Katrina” y su consecuente desintegración cívica los desplazaron hacia un caos tormentoso, su entorno físico devastado, forzados a llevar el peso extraño de ver cómo se borró la geografía económica de su ciudad para ser reemplazada por algo desconocido.
May 31, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: One Comment
A new exhibit at the Palais de Tokyo, in Paris, France, examines the human suffering inherent in situations where disaster is followed by economic transformation of nearly incomprehensible proportions. ‘Superdome’ focuses its thematic attention on the situation encountered by citizens of New Orleans, displaced into chaos by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the devastation of their physical environment followed by the strange burden of seeing the economic geography of their city wiped away and replaced by something unknown to them.
December 23, 2007 :: staff :: Comments Off
The top ten most underreported humanitarian crises worldwide are, according to Doctors without Borders (MSF), “Displaced Fleeing War in Somalia Face Humanitarian Crisis; Political and Economic Turmoil Sparks Health-Care Crisis in Zimbabwe; Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Spreads As New Drugs Go Untested; Expanded Use of Nutrient Dense Ready-to-Use Foods Crucial for Reducing Childhood Malnutrition; Civilians Increasingly Under [...]
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