Children of a lesser God, By Jamila Najmuddin

Source from - http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/10710-children-of-a-lesser-god.html Daily Mirror.lk   The forced eviction which took place in Killinochchi and Jaffna in 1990,...

Puttalam Refugees

Twenty years on and hundreds of Muslim IDPs who were forcefully evicted by the LTTE from the north, continue to languish in Puttalam. Still living in temporary shelters, they speak of their plight, fears and the...

இலங்கை வடக்கு முஸ்லிம்களின் பத்தொன்பது ஆண்டுகால அவல வாழ்க்கை, எம்.ஏ.ஹபீழ் இலங்கை.

இலங்கையின் வட புலத்திலிருந்து 85000 க்கும் மேற்பட்ட முஸ்லிம்கள் – தமிழ் பேசும்...

Difficult homecoming for Muslim IDPs

PUTTALAM, 22 March 2010 (IRIN) – Resettlement efforts are under way for thousands of displaced Muslims from Sri Lanka’s north who have been languishing in refugee camps for nearly two decades, officials...

Govt allocates Rs 100m for Northern schools

The Government has allocated Rs100 million to construct school buildings in the Northern Province under the Uthuru Vasanthaya (Northern Spring) project. Construction of 23 school buildings have been completed.  [Uthuru...

Citizen’s Commission: Expulsion of the Northern Muslims by the LTTE in Oct. 1990, by Devanesan Nesiah

Sri Lanka has been increasingly the scene of much ethnic violence. The Northern Muslims are the victims of the earliest large scale act of ethnic cleansing in our history. Close to 80,000 persons, constituting...

WHERE IS HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN FEELING?, By AGA Barrie P.Eng

This has reference to the news which appeared in your edition of 10th March 2010 under the caption “Over 550 ex-Tigers start new life” . It is indeed a plausible gesture by the USAID-funded IOM(International...

JAFFNA MUSLIM REFUGEES IN COLOMBO, By AGA Barrie

‘Muhajireen Refugee Camp’ in Crow Island and they are from the Jaffna town. On Tuesday the 2nd of March, 2010, Ali Azeez and I decided to pay a visit to the long forgotten refugees living on Crow Island...

Back and never to leave again, By Chandani Kirinde

Getting the mosque ready: Basheer After nearly 20 years, Muslims in Jaffna who were evicted by the LTTE, return home. Here they share their happiness with Chandani Kirinde Fifty-six-year-old Mohamed Basheer’s...

SAILAN MUSLIM FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVES VISIT TO PUTTALAM

JAFFNA SITUATION REPORT ON MUSLIM IDP’S It is unfortunate that to this day, the situation of Muslim IDP’s languishing in refugee camps remains unsettled. It is now two decades since they were displaced from...