Fears mount for safety of doctors arrested by SLA: Whereabouts of three doctors, Medical Superintendent Dr. Shanmugarajah who was attending the wounded at the makeshift hospital at Mu’l’li-vaaykkaal junior school, Regional Director of Health Services (RDHS) doctors, Dr. Varatharajah and Dr Sathiyamoorthy, arrested by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) after fleeing the Safety Zone Saturday, are still unknown, and several Rights groups feared for doctors’ lives, sources in Colombo said. Full Article
Sri Lanka destroys evidence, prevents ICRC, UN access – Prof. Boyle: Noting that the slow genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka accelerated to more than 10,000 killed in the last few months, far exceeding the horrors of Srebrenica, Professor Boyle in conversation with Los Angeles KPFK radio host, Michael Slate, Tuesday, accused Sri Lanka Government of bulldozing and destroying evidence of massacres in the Safety Zone while preventing access to the Red Cross and UN agencies. Boyle added that the United States Government with spy satellites would be knowing exactly what Sri Lanka’s actions are in the Safe Zone, and stand implicated along with UK, France, and India in allowing the genocide to happen. Full Article
8 Tamil youths arrested in Talawakelle: Intelligence unit of the Talawakelle police arrested eight Tamil youths who were residents of Poo’nduloayaa in Talawakelle police division, Saturday. The youths earlier worked in Northern Province after tsunami disaster and returned home later. The arrested youths are now detained in Talawakelle police station further interrogation, sources said. Full Article
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