Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, foreground center, sings the national anthem as Navy Cmdr. Adm. Wasnatha Karannagoda, left, Air Force Cmdr. Roshan Gunatilake, center, and Police Chief Jayantha Wickremeratne, right, salute during the National War Celebration, held to mark the military victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)Aid Workers Forced To Leave Sri Lanka Under Strict New Visa Rules -- Times Online
Sri Lanka is hampering international relief efforts by forcing dozens of British and other foreign aid workers to leave the country because it considers them sympathetic to the defeated Tamil Tigers, The Times has learnt.
Aid organisations say that the policy is costing them tens of thousands of pounds of donors’ money as they struggle to help 280,000 Tamil civilians in internment camps.
“The NGOs are all extremely scared. If you raise your voice you’ll be the next one thrown out,” a senior member of staff in one international aid group said.
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