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The Myth of Humanitarian Aid and UN Human Rights Abuses

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DFID-funded, UNHCR emergency shelter tents inside the Menik Farm IDP camp near Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, 16 June 2009. Photo credit: Russell Watkins


On 16 May, 2009, the Sri Lankan military announced its defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Two days later the LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, was killed and the military insurgency was ove…

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