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iTRO condemns Sri Lanka Air Force bombing of Orphanage

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International Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation

500 Sunleigh Road, Wembley, Middlesex, UK, HA0 4NF Ph. +44 208 177 1102

email: itrolondon@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

14 August 2006

iTRO condemns Sri Lanka Air Force bombing of Orphanage

iTRO calls upon the international community to condemn the bombing of Chencholai orphanage

and calls for an immediate international investigation of this mass murder of children.

Chencholai Valaham, an orphanage for girls in Vallipunam, was bombed by Sri Lanka Air Force

(SLAF) Kfir jet bombers at 7 am this morning (14/08/06). The latest information indicates that 61

girls have been killed, with the death toll expected to increase, and over 129 injured.

The location of this children’s home is well know by all parties: the Government of Sri Lanka, the

Government Agent, ICRC, UNICEF and all those who work in the Vanni. It has been in existence

at the current location since 1998.

This area is a “peace village” with 5 orphanages, which are registered with the Government of Sri

Lanka as orphanages, within a 1 km radius:

• Chencholai Girls Home

• Bharathy Illam Girls Home (a TRO run home): 160 girls - tsunami and war affected

• Inniya Valvu Illam (a TRO run home for deaf & blind children): 78 children

• Vasanthan Children’s home: 60 girls - tsunami and war affected

• Senthair Ilam (relocated from Mullaitivu after being destroyed by the tsunami): 130

children

Every weekend girls from the surrounding areas come to the orphanage for ‘first aid’ training

which includes life and leadership skills training. These children were preparing to go back to their

homes when 16 bombs were dropped on them. The surviving children have been severely

traumatised by the events of this morning and will require further counselling and support.

TRO calls on the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, International Human Rights agencies

(Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch), the Government Agent, and Civil Society

investigate this crime against humanity. The climate of impunity that exists in Sri Lanka

contributes to the abuse of human rights and extrajudicial killings. The bombing of this orphanage,

the execution of the 17 Action Contre la Faim Tamil staff, the abduction of the 7 TRO staff in

January, and the continuing denial of humanitarian relief to war displaced in the Trincomalee

District are just a few of the recent human rights abuses committed by the government or

paramilitaries affiliated with the government.

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