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 Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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| December HR Release |
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Displaced Allaipiddy people tell their story in VanniLorry loads of people and possessions from Allaipiddy arrived in Kilinochchi on 20 May. People of Allaipiddy are nervously packing their belongings and leaving Allaipiddy following the Sri Lankan Navy’s refusal to guarantee their safety. Majority of the Allaipiddy people are fishermen. They are moving their fishing boats and nets with them to Vanni. Displacement is nothing new to these people. Most of them have displaced at least four or five times and many have displaced nine or ten times.Robinson’s story Mother of Abraham Robinson (28) one of the nine people killed in Allaipiddy on 13 May was among the more than 100 displaced people from Allaipiddy.
Robinson’s mother also said that the gunmen actually asked for the names of the people whom they shot and killed. Nine lorries less two Nine lorry loads of people and possessions started out from Allaipiddy on 20 May, with protection from SLMM, ICRC and Nonviolent Peace Force. Yet, two of the lorries were turned back by the Sri Lankan army and seven lorries arrived in Kilinochchi on the same day. The relatives in Kilinochchi are worrying themselves about those in the two lorries who were not allowed to cross over to Vanni. Why did the international organizations that were giving protection to the lorries fail to stop this action by the Sri Lankan army? Disturbed village Since Sangarapillai was killed on April 30th in Allaipiddy, by the Sri Lankan Navy as he begged them not to shoot, people of Allaipiddy have gathered in the PhilipNeri church at night for protection. The massacred family did not move to the church at night like the others. EPDP- SLN collusion Two or three days prior to the May 13 massacre, people noticed movement of EPDP men. When asked how they knew they were EPDP, people said that these men will walk in and out of the Sri Lankan Navy camp with ease. They could be seen chatting at the roadside with Sri Lankan Navy men. They would be stopping near Sri Lankan Navy posts with their helmets which ordinary people will not be allowed to do.
On the night of the massacre the Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) ordered the fishermen not to go to sea. These fishermen usually go to sea at night. Also on the day of the incident people noticed excessive movement of EPDP men and they all moved into the church earlier than usual. Fooling the international agencies Around this time notices appeared signed by “Tamil Force” ordering people to shut the shops. Unlike in the Jaffna main, where shops have remained closed for several days protesting previous civilian killing, the shops in Allaipiddy have remained opened. This drama of ordering people to shut the shops has been created to divert the blame for the massacre on the LTTE. Indeed this diversion of blame was partially successful because many members of INGOs and international agencies in Jaffna thought that for this reason LTTE could be behind the killing. Tamil people could never be mislead by such tactics. The readiness of the international agencies in Northeast to be mislead by such tactics shows an inherent bias in their perception. Allaipiddy and Northeast Allaipiddy was populated by about 350 families. According to the displaced people almost all of them have or are planning to leave. Those who are not leaving are too poor to afford the hiring of a lorry to take their possessions with them. They are too poor to leave their possessions and go too.
People are wondering if they can go back, to withdraw money from their back accounts; to see their relatives living elsewhere in Jaffna or to collect some of their possessions they have left behind. Fishermen use a lot of equipment including boats and nets for their livelihood. The Allaipiddy people are a window to the Tamils in Northeast. Who are these people seeking out for protection? Who are they seeking protection from? Why is the international community STILL failing to see this? Those killed on 13 May 1. Four months old baby, Ketheeswaran Yathursan 21 May 2006
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Robinson’s father was shot and killed by the Sri Lankan army in 1990 when Robinson was only 10 years old. In 2006 it was Robinson who was killed in front of his wife and three children all under the age of six. Robinson’s wife has told Robinson’s mother that the children begged the gunmen not to shoot their father. 
Displaced people speak of the displacement and loss of life with the memories of the past. Many of those displaced to Kilinochchi have lost their husbands and sons in the 1990 Allaipiddy attack and disappearances. 
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