Free Damilvany Gnanakumar (VANY)
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Vany is a British medic who was working in makeshift hospitals in the Sri Lankan no fire zone treating the huge number of innocent civilians.
She is currently interned in one of the Menik Farm camps outside the town of Vavuniya.
She is currently interned in one of the Menik Farm camps outside the town of Vavuniya.
Vany is a British medic who was working in makeshift hospitals in the Sri Lankan no fire zone treating the huge number of innocent civilians.
She is currently interned in one of the Menik Farm camps outside the town of Vavuniya.
She is currently interned in one of the Menik Farm camps outside the town of Vavuniya.
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian from the no-fire zone on 13 May, Gnanakumar described the horrors of the final days of the 26-year war. A shell had exploded at the hospital where she was working, killing 47 people. "This is really a disaster. I don't know really how to explain it. At the moment, it is like hell," she said at the time. "For us, shell bombing is just a normal thing now. It is like an everyday routine. We have reached a point where it's like death is not a problem at all."
Letter to President Obama Urges Action on Sri Lanka
PHR and several prominent human rights organizations expressed their deep concern over the dire human rights and humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka in a joint letter to President Barack Obama. More than 20,000 civilians are reported killed as a result of indiscriminate shelling from Sri Lankan military forces, and some 300,000 persons are being held in government-run internment camps.
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# 980:
2:22 pm PDT, Aug 11,
Eben Stewart, United Kingdom
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# 979:
5:06 am PDT, Aug 9,
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# 978:
3:23 pm PDT, Aug 7,
Chloe Foss, United Kingdom
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. Edmund Burke.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. Edmund Burke.
# 977:
12:55 pm PDT, Aug 7,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
Peace will prevail olny if there is freedom of movement, speach and no restriction of media. State should protect all its people irrespective of their language
Peace will prevail olny if there is freedom of movement, speach and no restriction of media. State should protect all its people irrespective of their language
# 976:
10:16 am PDT, Aug 7,
Parimala Moodley, United Kingdom
# 975:
7:36 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Kana Suppaiah, Oregon
# 974:
4:02 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Namasi Jeyarathnam, United Kingdom
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2:06 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 972:
1:40 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 971:
1:10 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Rajan Rasiah, Australia
What is the International Community(IC) doing for these selfless sacrificing doctors who worked for their suffering people when no one cared. It is a shame that the IC is silent to condemn these doctors to the horrors of internment but also to ignore the plight of 300,000 people (CITIZENS) living in CONCENTRATION CAMP conditions by run by a "democratic government"
What is the International Community(IC) doing for these selfless sacrificing doctors who worked for their suffering people when no one cared. It is a shame that the IC is silent to condemn these doctors to the horrors of internment but also to ignore the plight of 300,000 people (CITIZENS) living in CONCENTRATION CAMP conditions by run by a "democratic government"
# 970:
10:02 am PDT, Aug 6,
A Prudence, United Kingdom
I would ask you to free this lady immediately. She is British and is working solely to treat innocent civilians under very difficult circumstances. There is no reason why she should be prevented from doing this very important work by an inhumane political system.
I would ask you to free this lady immediately. She is British and is working solely to treat innocent civilians under very difficult circumstances. There is no reason why she should be prevented from doing this very important work by an inhumane political system.
# 969:
9:17 am PDT, Aug 6,
Ahilan Sivaganesan, Texas
This is a direct affront to medical professionals everywhere!! Please free her!
This is a direct affront to medical professionals everywhere!! Please free her!
# 968:
4:07 am PDT, Aug 6,
Kandiah Rajamanoharan, United Kingdom
Sri Lankan Government should release Vany and all other IDPs without further delay. All IDPs must be paid compensation. Entire WORLD is responsible for the continuing genocide inside the camps. At least now UN should accept their wrong doing and miss-handling of war and start working in the direction of bring the Government & army Leaders to The Hague, with War Crime charges. There is no point in keeping the satellite pictures in the file cabinets/computer hard disks.
Sri Lankan Government should release Vany and all other IDPs without further delay. All IDPs must be paid compensation. Entire WORLD is responsible for the continuing genocide inside the camps. At least now UN should accept their wrong doing and miss-handling of war and start working in the direction of bring the Government & army Leaders to The Hague, with War Crime charges. There is no point in keeping the satellite pictures in the file cabinets/computer hard disks.
# 967:
3:36 pm PDT, Aug 5,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 966:
3:29 pm PDT, Aug 5,
Kanga Sugumar, United Kingdom
# 965:
3:03 pm PDT, Aug 5,
Rajaratanam Thevapalan, United Kingdom
# 964:
2:17 pm PDT, Aug 5,
Peter Manick, United Kingdom
Sri Lankan officials (The Rajapakse brothers & Sarath Fonseka) should be tried for war crimes for repeatedly bombing Tamil hospitals, detaining and torturing Tamil doctors and for over 20,000 Tamil civilian deaths this year alone.
Sri Lankan officials (The Rajapakse brothers & Sarath Fonseka) should be tried for war crimes for repeatedly bombing Tamil hospitals, detaining and torturing Tamil doctors and for over 20,000 Tamil civilian deaths this year alone.
# 963:
7:00 am PDT, Aug 5,
Mohanadas Balasingham, Australia
# 962:
5:43 am PDT, Aug 5,
Ks Manoharan, United Kingdom
# 961:
5:21 am PDT, Aug 5,
P Aru, United Kingdom
I cannot understand why thewhole world is not listening to call by the people who are kept behind barbed wires and the human rigts are violated to un immainalbe extent in srilanka
I cannot understand why thewhole world is not listening to call by the people who are kept behind barbed wires and the human rigts are violated to un immainalbe extent in srilanka
# 960:
3:34 am PDT, Aug 5,
J Morris, United Kingdom
I am concerned to hear that the sitiation in Sri Lanka continues.Despite the official war in Sri Lanka having ended, major human rights violations are still being reported as over 280,000 Tamil civilians are being detained in concentration camps in northern Sri Lanka. They are living in overcrowded conditions, lack of food and water, inadequate medical facilities and poor sanitation. The camps are very basic and surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards. There are reports of large scale human rights violations such as rape, torture, abductions and child recruitment by government backed paramilitaries.
I am concerned to hear that the sitiation in Sri Lanka continues.Despite the official war in Sri Lanka having ended, major human rights violations are still being reported as over 280,000 Tamil civilians are being detained in concentration camps in northern Sri Lanka. They are living in overcrowded conditions, lack of food and water, inadequate medical facilities and poor sanitation. The camps are very basic and surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards. There are reports of large scale human rights violations such as rape, torture, abductions and child recruitment by government backed paramilitaries.
# 959:
1:55 am PDT, Aug 5,
Anna C, United Kingdom
Damilvany, a British, is a good example that exposes the violation of fundamental rights of all people interned in Manik farm. Sri Lanka does not even bother to listen to International community or observe international obligations.
Damilvany, a British, is a good example that exposes the violation of fundamental rights of all people interned in Manik farm. Sri Lanka does not even bother to listen to International community or observe international obligations.
# 958:
6:51 pm PDT, Aug 4,
Name not displayed, Canada
PLEASE FREE VANY FROM SRI LANKA'S CONCENTRATION CAMP IMMEDIATELY
PLEASE FREE VANY FROM SRI LANKA'S CONCENTRATION CAMP IMMEDIATELY
# 957:
4:00 pm PDT, Aug 4,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
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6:35 am PDT, Aug 4,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 955:
12:01 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Gaayini Nadanakumaran, United Kingdom
# 954:
11:08 am PDT, Jul 31,
Thangavadivelu Kiritharan, Canada
# 953:
11:20 am PDT, Jul 28,
Janani Paramsothy, United Kingdom
I knew her when she was living in London and she has always been a kind, gentle, considerate woman! I cannot believe the Sri Lankan government are still holding her captive- but then again I still can't believe half the things that government has done in the past 6months. If the world had any regard for its own laws, it would demand her immediate release and see that it happened quickly!
I knew her when she was living in London and she has always been a kind, gentle, considerate woman! I cannot believe the Sri Lankan government are still holding her captive- but then again I still can't believe half the things that government has done in the past 6months. If the world had any regard for its own laws, it would demand her immediate release and see that it happened quickly!
# 952:
9:44 pm PDT, Jul 25,
Devaki Rajakumar, United Kingdom
# 951:
8:40 pm PDT, Jul 25,
Narani Kannan, Canada
