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Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
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Apr 15, 10:41am
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Watchlist launches new report on children and armed conflict in Sri Lankglobal reporta
April 14, 2008
The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict is pleased to present its latest report, No Safety No Escape: Children and the Escalating Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka (April 2008).
Launched today at the UN headquarters in New York, No Safety No Escape is being released against the backdrop of an escalating military build up and fear of deepening warfare in Sri Lanka. Many children in Sri Lanka live in a state of constant fear and insecurity. Every day the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE), the Government armed forces, and paramilitary groups, such as the military wing of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), commit heinous crimes against children. Thousands of children are missing out on school, denied basic health care and facing daily threats to their lives, such as suicide bombings, landmine explosions, abductions, arbitrary arrests, recruitment and use as soldiers and forced displacement.
Both the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE obstruct humanitarian access to thousands of children in war-torn areas, denying them urgently needed assistance and concealing the grave crisis they face. Additionally, restrictions on the movement of civilians exacerbate this crisis by preventing civilians from seeking assistance or escaping to safety.
The report illustrates the precarious situation of children in Sri Lanka and provides practical recommendations for urgent actions that are needed to protect them. Recommendations are targeted for the Government of Sri Lanka, the LTTE, the TMVP, the UN Security Council, the humanitarian community, donors, and others.
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