(September 13, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) strongly condemns the Government of Sri Lanka’s decision to call all NGOs and foreign aid workers to leave from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled areas (generally known as the Wanni). In a statement, issued by TNA Leader R.Sampanthan, TNA alleges that demanding people to leave their homes and to displace over and over again to secure safety, food and medicine is a breach of their human rights. Explaining that “this clearly demonstrates the insincerity, inhumane and the genocidal motives of the Sinhala State of Sri Lanka and its current government”, the statement “demanded the international community to help evict the Sinhala Forces from the Tamil Homeland and recognise the right for self-determination of the Tamils”.
The statement in Full:
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) strongly condemns the Government of Sri Lanka’s decision to call all NGOs and foreign aid workers to leave from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled areas (generally known as the Wanni).
These Non Governmental Organisations and Agencies were helping the already many times internally displaced Tamil people. This demand for the aid agencies to leave comes at a juncture when the Government of Sri Lanka is indiscriminately bombing these already displaced people every day using its air force and artillery. It will be another blow to the already physically and psychologically affected people if these aid workers left the Wanni.
These aid workers were helping rebuild life of people after the 2004 Tsunami, de-mining, humanitarian assistance to children affected by the war and other general humanitarian work. They were not involved in any major development work or building factories to assist large scale manufacturing. As they were performing humanitarian work with approval not just from the Government of Sri Lanka but from the LTTE as well, we feel leaving these helpless people at this juncture without seeking consent from both warring parties is inappropriate and irresponsible.
People were displaced fearing for their lives and to secure relatively steady supply of food and medicines. These aid agencies should think and recognise their responsibilities before leaving these helpless people who are living under appalling conditions under tress and in temporary accommodations.
The statement in Full:
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) strongly condemns the Government of Sri Lanka’s decision to call all NGOs and foreign aid workers to leave from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled areas (generally known as the Wanni).
These Non Governmental Organisations and Agencies were helping the already many times internally displaced Tamil people. This demand for the aid agencies to leave comes at a juncture when the Government of Sri Lanka is indiscriminately bombing these already displaced people every day using its air force and artillery. It will be another blow to the already physically and psychologically affected people if these aid workers left the Wanni.
These aid workers were helping rebuild life of people after the 2004 Tsunami, de-mining, humanitarian assistance to children affected by the war and other general humanitarian work. They were not involved in any major development work or building factories to assist large scale manufacturing. As they were performing humanitarian work with approval not just from the Government of Sri Lanka but from the LTTE as well, we feel leaving these helpless people at this juncture without seeking consent from both warring parties is inappropriate and irresponsible.
People were displaced fearing for their lives and to secure relatively steady supply of food and medicines. These aid agencies should think and recognise their responsibilities before leaving these helpless people who are living under appalling conditions under tress and in temporary accommodations.
Demanding people to leave their homes and to displace over and over again to secure safety, food and medicine is a breach of their human rights.
This clearly demonstrates the insincerity, inhumane and the genocidal motives of the Sinhala State of Sri Lanka and its current government. We request the international community to recognise the ulterior motives of the government of Sri Lanka and to acknowledge that it is impossible to on the one hand unleash a genocidal war and on the other pretend to be acting in a humanitarian fashion.
We therefore demand the international community to help evict the Sinhala Forces from the Tamil Homeland and recognise the right for self-determination of the Tamils.- Sri Lanka Guardian
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