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Displaced Sri Lankan families collect emergency shelter materials

Citing increasing attacks, UN urges Sri Lanka to ensure safety for returnees

9 January 2009
The United Nations refugee agency has called on the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure security for civilians in the eastern part of the strife-torn nation, citing a significant increase in the number of killings, abductions and injuries in areas of return, including 24 civilian deaths recorded in November alone in the Batticaloa district.
Walter Kaelin, the Secretary-General’s Representative for the Human Rights of IDPs

UN expert urges Sri Lanka to better protect civilians displaced by conflict

23 December 2008
An independent United Nations human rights expert has called on Sri Lanka to significantly improve access for more humanitarian relief and personnel to reach hundreds of thousands of people displaced in the northern Vanni region by the ongoing conflict between the Government and Tamil separatists.