1400 People Per Week Dying in Sri Lankan Refugee Camps
By Rhys Blakely in Mumbai
The death toll will add to concerns that the Sri Lankan Government has failed to halt a humanitarian catastrophe after announcing victory over the Tamil Tiger terrorist organisation in May. It may also lend credence to allegations that the Government, which has termed the internment sites "welfare villages", has actually constructed concentration camps to house 300,000 people. Ref. Source 3