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"Seventeen
innocent civilians, mostly children and aged, killed on the spot. Sixty seriously wounded
and many houses damaged... They executed this disaster with their two newly acquired MI24
helocopters..." - Rev. Dr. S.J. Emmanuel, Vicar General, Jaffna Diocese (14 April 1996) |
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"Sri
Lanka is trying to kill or terrorize as many Tamil people as possible." - Margaret Trawick, Professor of Social Anthropology Massey University New Zealand (28 April 1996) |
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"The
conclusion seems inescapable that these rapes are not simply misdemeanours of
undisciplined soldiers but are a part of the systematic attempt made by Sri Lanka to
terrorise and subjugate the Tamil people and extend its military rule over the Tamil
homeland in the North-East of the island." - Statement by Liberation, UN Commission for Human Rights, 53 session (3 April 1997) |
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"We
particularly call on the Sri Lankan government forces to stop shelling and aerial bombing.
Long distance shelling and bombing from high-flying planes will mean further
indiscriminate killing of civilians..." - Australian Council for Overseas Aid (July 1995) |
