Sri Lanka Archive

  • Keith Locke

    NZ should assist boat people fleeing Sri Lanka



    In 2001 the Clark Government stepped in and gave a helping hand to some people in pretty dire circumstances when we accepted a number of asylum seekers fleeing Afghanistan. read more
    November 10, 2009 4:44 pm - 83 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Unlock the camps



    “Unlock the Camps” has been the call of Sri Lankan Tamils on demonstrations I attended in Auckland and Wellington recently. It is horrendous that 300,000 Tamils are still detained in camps in northern Sri Lanka. The response of the world community has been pathetic, given the scale of suffering. read more
    September 17, 2009 2:24 pm - 14 Comments