Human Rights Watch accuses Sri Lanka of repeatedly shelling hospitals in war zoneCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Human Rights Watch on Saturday accused Sri Lankan forces of repeatedly striking hospitals in the northern war zone with indiscriminate artillery and aerial attacks that have killed scores of people, a charge the military denied. Sri Lankan military: Soldiers capture rebel fortification after heavy fightingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan soldiers fought heavy battles with separatist Tamil Tigers early Thursday, capturing an earthen fortification in the shrinking rebel enclave, the military said. Sri Lanka says captured video shows rebels disguising themselves as civiliansCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Video footage captured from Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels showed their fighters forcing civilians to assist their war effort and depicted one insurgent in street clothes firing a heavy machine gun, the military said Thursday. Rebels say hundreds of civilians killed and wounded daily in Sri Lanka; 9 have died of hungerCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Tamil Tiger rebels said intense fighting in Sri Lanka’s war zone was killing and wounding hundreds of civilians a day and asked Wednesday for the U.N. to push for urgent food shipments to avert a hunger crisis. UN chief calls for cease-fire to prevent further bloodshed in Sri Lanka civil warCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Sri Lanka to stop using heavy weapons that risk civilian lives and to suspend its offensive against ethnic Tamil rebels so that desperately needed aid can be sent to the war zone. Press freedom group urges IMF to link Sri Lanka loan to improved rightsCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The International Monetary Fund must insist that Sri Lanka’s government respect media rights and the rule of law before granting any new lending, a press freedom group said Tuesday. Sri Lanka prime minister says Tamil Tiger leader trapped inside four-kilometer stretchCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s prime minister said the reclusive leader of the separatist Tamil Tigers was trapped in a tiny stretch of coastline surrounded by government troops and vowed Tuesday not to let him slip away. Sri Lankan military says it has caused heavy damage to rebels in new fightingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan soldiers broke through rebel defenses and advanced further into the Tamil Tigers’ last remaining territory, inflicting heavy damage on the beleaguered insurgents, the military said Tuesday. Sri Lankan troops push deeper into rebel-held territory in the northeastCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan forces battled Tamil Tiger insurgents from three sides Monday, the military said, pushing deeper into rebel-held territory amid a report that navy gunboats heavily shelled an area packed with civilians. Sri Lankan rebels urge Britain, France to continue to push for a cease-fireCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s separatist rebels asked Britain and France to keep pushing for a cease-fire in the island’s civil war after the European nations’ recent failure to secure a halt in the fighting to allow civilians to evacuate. Rebel Web site accuses Sri Lanka military of killing 64 civilians in hospital shellingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan forces shelled a makeshift hospital in the war zone, killing 64 civilians despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons in its battle with the Tamil Tigers, a rebel-linked Web site said. Doctor says shelling of makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka’s war zone kills 64COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Artillery shells hit a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka’s northern war zone Saturday, killing at least 64 civilians, a government doctor and a rebel-linked Web site said, amid growing international pressure to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped in the area. Sri Lanka military: Latest fighting kills 14 rebels amid rising concern for trapped civiliansCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan soldiers killed 14 Tamil Tiger rebels in the latest gunbattles in the insurgents’ ever-shrinking northern territory, amid growing international pressure to safeguard 50,000 civilians trapped in the war zone. Sri Lankan leaflets urge civilians to flee war zone; official says shelling of area continuesCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government urged civilians in the northern war zone to flee the fighting Friday, promising to ensure their safety amid accusations that civilians were killed after the military pounded the area with artillery shells. Sri Lankan official: Shelling kills 10 civilians despite govt promise not to us heavy weaponsCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan military fired scores of artillery shells into the northern war zone overnight, killing at least 10 civilians despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons in its offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels, a health official in the region said Friday. Sri Lanka rejects please for truce from Britain, France; rebels also refuse surrenderCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka pledged to push ahead with its offensive against the Tamil Tigers, brushing off international calls for a cease-fire aimed at protecting thousands of civilians trapped in the war zone. Sri Lankan president rules out cease-fire after plea from French and British foreign ministersCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has rejected a cease-fire appeal from French and British officials and said Western diplomats should stop lecturing him. Tamil Tiger political chief says rebels will not surrender, denies holding civilians hostageCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Tamil Tigers said Thursday they would never surrender to the advancing Sri Lankan forces, as the government issued a similarly defiant vow to continue the bloody civil war until the rebels’ leader is captured or killed. French, British foreign ministers call on Sri Lanka to accept cease-fire in civil warCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The French and British foreign ministers called for a truce in Sri Lanka’s civil war, saying that safeguarding civilians was as crucial as defeating the rebels in bringing peace to this troubled nation. French, British foreign ministers arrive in Sri Lanka for talks on ending warCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The visiting French and British foreign ministers urged Sri Lanka’s government to enter an immediate cease-fire Wednesday in its war with Tamil rebels, saying the need to protect civilians in the war zone is paramount. Web site, doctor report Sri Lanka shelling in war zone despite pledge to cease such attacksCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Government forces fired barrages of artillery into the northern war zone, killing at least 11 civilians, a day after it pledged to stop such attacks because of the risk to innocent lives, a rebel-linked Web site and a local doctor said. Sri Lankan military says it captured rebel fortifications, killed 7 rebels in new fightingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan military pressed ahead Tuesday with its offensive against the beleaguered Tamil Tigers, breaking through a defensive fortification and killing at least seven rebels, the military said. Sri Lanka to stop airstrikes, artillery attacks on rebels amid pressure to protect civiliansCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka agreed to stop firing heavy weapons into the northern war zone to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped there, but resisted growing pressure for a cease-fire in its war with the Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka says it will stop using heavy weapons in war zone to prevent civilian deaths.COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Under intense international pressure to prevent further civilian deaths, the Sri Lankan government said Monday it would immediately stop airstrikes and artillery attacks in its war against the Tamil Tiger rebels. Rebel-linked Web site reports new Sri Lankan assault despite Tamil Tigers’ call for truceCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan forces attacked a rebel-held village in the north with heavy machine gun fire early Monday, just hours after rejecting the Tamil Tigers’ call for a truce as a ploy to avoid certain destruction, a rebel-linked Web site reported. Sri Lanka’s Tamil rebels announce unilateral cease-fire amid growing civilian casualtiesCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Facing imminent battlefield defeat, Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels have declared a unilateral cease-fire and called on the government to halt its offensive to spare the tens of thousands of civilians trapped by the fighting. UN humanitarian chief meets Sri Lankan officials, calls for access to war zoneCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A top U.N. official pressed Sri Lankan leaders Sunday to let aid into the northeastern war zone, as the ruling party won a sweeping victory in an election seen as a referendum on its fight against ethnic Tamil rebels. UN to press Sri Lanka for pause in fighting, access to war zoneCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The United Nations’ top humanitarian official begins a three-day mission in Sri Lanka on Sunday, seeking access to some 50,000 civilians trapped and reportedly starving in the country’s sealed-off war zone. UN to press Sri Lanka for access to war zone as rebels say civilians are at risk of starvationCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The United Nations’ top humanitarian official arrived in Sri Lanka to seek access to some 50,000 civilians trapped in the country’s war zone, while the Tamil Tiger rebels warned Saturday of “imminent” starvation among noncombatants. Sri Lankan rebels say tens of thousands of civilians at risk of starvation in war zoneCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Tamil Tiger rebels say that tens of thousands of civilians trapped in Sri Lanka’s northern war zone are at imminent risk of starvation. |
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