Here are snippets from the US State Department’s report which detail the situation in Sri Lanka. This does not make sense in light of new information comign out of the Aussie media from UNHCR. Things are much worse in Afghanistan. Everyone knows this! Is this K Rudd’s latest election deal?
2009 Human Rights Report: Sri Lanka - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor – March 11, 2010
Outside of the conflict zone, the overwhelming majority of victims of human rights violations, such as extrajudicial killings and disappearances, were young male Tamils…[and] observers linked the government closely to paramilitary groups believed responsible for serious human rights violations…
There were also reports of secret government facilities where suspected LTTE sympathizers were taken, tortured, and often killed…
The government required Tamils who wished to move within the country, especially those Tamils living in Jaffna, to obtain special passes issued by security forces…
Security forces at army checkpoints in Colombo frequently harassed Tamils. After the government assumed effective control of the east, both the government and the TMVP operated checkpoints that impeded the free movement of residents, especially Tamils…
Tamils throughout the country, but especially in the conflict-affected north and east, reported frequent harassment of young and middle-aged Tamil men by security forces and paramilitary groups…
Download full report here – http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/sca/136093.htm

