Die Regierung Sri Lankas hat ein riesiges Internierungslager errichtet, in dem eine Viertelmillion Tamilen zusammengepfercht sind – und die Welt schaut weg.
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Die Regierung rechtfertigt die Internierung von rund 250000 Tamilen damit, dass die Rebellen aus der Zivilbevölkerung herausgefiltert werden müssten.
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Die Lager kosten etwa 400000 Dollar pro Tag. Es bezahlt aber nicht Sri Lanka, sondern die internationale Gemeinschaft. Ein Spendenaufruf der UN erbrachte 96 Millionen Dollar für 2009. Anlass zum Feiern hatte die Regierung in Colombo am Montag: Da gewährte ihr der Internationale Währungsfonds ein Darlehen von 2,5 Milliarden Dollar.
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Das mag einfach daran liegen, das es für die „freie Welt“ ins Sri Lanka halt nichts zu holen gibt, das lohnt sich ein Interesse doch nicht.
Derweil wird das IMF für die Regierung von Sri Lanka wahrscheinlich ein Kredit von £1.5bn springen lassen. Für den Wiederaufbau. Trotz der Verstöße gegen die Menschenrechte.
The International Monetary Fund is expected to approve a $2.5bn (£1.5bn) loan to Sri Lanka today despite allegations of government mistreatment of the Tamil minority.
Approval by the executive board should be a formality after a staff mission reached agreement with the Sri Lankan government.
In February Sri Lanka urgently requested an IMF credit facility of $1.9bn to shore up sagging foreign reserves suffering from a combination of lower revenues from declining exports and rapid withdrawals by foreigners who had invested in government bonds.
The application was delayed amid mounting civilian deaths and other human rights allegations as the government trapped the last remnants of the Tamil Tiger rebels – along with thousands of civilians – in a tiny enclave in April. The US and Britain led the pressure for a delay as the Sri Lankan army pressed ahead with its offensive in the north-east despite the toll in civilian lives.
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„The end of the conflict provides Sri Lanka with a unique opportunity to undertake economic reform and reconstruction, which would be key to laying the basis for higher economic growth in the years ahead,“ he said. „To this end, the government has formulated an ambitious programme aimed at restoring fiscal and external viability and addressing the significant reconstruction needs of the conflict-affected areas.“Human rights groups, however, criticised the deal because the Sri Lankan government is continuing to hold more than 280,000 people, almost all of them Tamils, displaced by the fighting, in detention camps in violation of international law.
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Dermaßen hart gehen wir also gegen Menschenrechtsverletzungen vor.