GREAT HUMAN TRAGEDY IN SL/VANNI....????

Catholic Church writes to Ban ki Moon courtesy: bbc.co.uk



Roman Catholic Church writting to the UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon on the internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Wanni District says a great human tragedy is exploding in Wanni which is calculatedly concealed from the world outside.
Fr. James Pathinathan, the President, Justice and Peace Commission - Wanni says Wanni has been the eye of the war storm for the past two years.

"Deaths, injuries, displacements and attendant misery pervade the lives of the innocent Tamil civilians. The Draconian economic embargo imposed slyly on Wanni has become a monstrous obstacle even in giving relief and solace to the 170,000 persons recently displaced. Day and night, Wanni is thundering with Artillery Guns, Multi Barrel Rocket Launchers, Supersonic fighter jets and Naval gunboats", Fr.Pathinathan states in his letter.

The Sri Lankan Government and its Security Forces with scant regard to, leave alone the Geneva Ethical Codes on the Conduct of War, humanitarian concerns for their fellow citizens, wage an aggressive and ruthless war in Wanni, he says.

The sanctity of the civilian settlements, hospitals, schools and places of worship are blatantly violated with impunity, says Fr.Pathinathan.

He states that the Sri Lankan security forces heavily bombard villages after villages forcing the people to flee from their traditional homeland.

Only a few of the displaced take shelter in schools, places of worship and with friends and relatives. All these innocent people continue to live amidst severe deprivations,says Fr.Pathinathan.