UN’s chief humanitarian official John Holmes expresses concern about civilian deaths, and says previous such commitments by Sri Lankan military were not honored Tags: air strikes, civilian deaths, humanitarian official, john holmes, sri lanka, sri lankan military, tamil rebels
Meantime, Sri Lankan officials say nearly 50,000 civilians have escaped from a patch of Tamil Tiger rebel territory, while Tamil rebels accuse the army of killing a 1000 civilians Monday Tags: army, sri lanka, tamil rebels
Military spokesman says Sunday that security forces have taken control of the rebels’ last stronghold, Puthukkudiyiruppu Tags: sri lanka, sri lankan military
World body’s human rights chief claims that both sides in civil war are responsible for deaths of up to 2,800 civilians since January, many of them inside no-fire zones Tags: sri lanka
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