Pressure on Sri Lanka to release Tamils from camps

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Updated September 23, 2009 20:38:16

World leaders attending the UN General Assembly have been urged to pressure Sri Lanka to immediately release more than 260,000 displaced people, forcibly confined to detention camps.

Human Rights Watch has raised concern over the lack of protection mechanisms and appalling living conditions in the camps.

Presenter: Sen Lam
Speaker: Anna Neistat, Sri Lanka specialist with Human Rights Watch

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