இப்பதிவின் இறுதியில் இணைக்கப்பட்டிள்ள படத்திற்கு Days Japan International Photojournalism Award கிடைத்தமை குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
The image of a Sri Lanka government soldier is accidentally overlapped with the image of a Tamil girl staying at a war-torn church in Jaffna, where the long civil war has devastated people's life and economy and now the residents are facing the fresh fighting between the Sri Lanka government troops and LTTE rebel, despite the 2002 ceasefire. Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 2006.--------------------------------
A Tamil girl is hanging out at a war-torn town of Jaffna, while government soldiers patrol. Jaffna is one of the most critical places for LTTE and the Sri Lankan government -- the absolute majority of the town is Tamil but controlled by the government. And in the town, unemployment prevails and many face extreme poverty and dangerous situations due to the long civil war and the current fresh fighting, as well as Tsunami. Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 23, 2006.--------------------------------------
In a war-torn town of Jaffna, one of the most critical places for LTTE and the Sri Lankan government, the absolute majority of the town is Tamil but controlled by the government-government soldiers are stationing at a checkpoint, while a Tamil school child walks nearby. In Jaffna, unemployment prevails and a large number of people have been escaping as refugees due to the long civil war and the current fresh fighting, as well as Tsunami. The political violence between the government and LTTE is escalating, and the situation just seems to be at the brink of the restart of war. Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 23, 2006.
Tamils are forced to get off the bus and to be checked by at a government checkpoint of the war-torn town of Jaffna, one of the most critical places for LTTE and the Sri Lankan government -- the absolute majority of the town is Tamil but controlled by the government. In Jaffna, unemployment prevails and a large number of people have been escaping as refugees due to the long civil war and the current fresh fighting, as well as Tsunami. Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 23, 2006.
Muslim girls take the learning at a war-torn classroom in Mutur, a town of North Eastern Sri Lanka, where Tsunami destroyed it devastatingly and now the residents are facing the fresh fighting between the Sri Lankan government and LTTE rebel. Mutur, Sri Lanka, June 18, 2006.
A Tamil woman stays at her war-torn house in Jaffna, one of the most critical places for LTTE and the Sri Lankan government -- the absolute majority of the town is Tamil but controlled by the government. In Jaffna, unemployment prevails and many face extreme poverty and dangerous situations due to the long civil war and the current fresh fighting, as well as Tsunami. Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 23, 2006.----------------------------------------
Family members of Sinhalese victims of the June 15 bus attack mourn before the mass burial. The attack was the biggest tragedy since the 2002 ceasefire agreement, although it has nearly been breached for the last six months. The Sri Lankan government accuses LTTE of the terror, but the Tamil political organization denies the claim. And the situation just seems to be at the brink of the restart of war. Kabithigollewa, Sri Lanka, June 16, 2006.
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Tamils obtain water from a well in a war-torn town of Jaffna, one of the most critical places for LTTE and the Sri Lankan government, the absolute majority of the town is Tamil but controlled by the government. In Jaffna, unemployment prevails and many face extreme poverty and dangerous situations due to the long civil war and the current fresh fighting, as well as Tsunami. The political violence between the government and LTTE is escalating, and the situation just seems to be at the brink of the restart of war. Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 23, 2006.
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