Sri Lanka: Government Abuses Intensify Human Rights Watch
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The scarred back of a young girl wounded in the shelling of the Kathiravelli school grounds on November 8, 2006.  Human Rights Watch found no evidence that in this incident the LTTE used civilians as human shields, as the government claimed.© 2007 Fred Abrahams/Human Rights Watch

The scarred back of a young girl wounded in the shelling of the Kathiravelli school grounds on November 8, 2006. Human Rights Watch found no evidence that in this incident the LTTE used civilians as "human shields," as the government claimed.© 2007 Fred Abrahams/Human Rights Watch