In Sri Lanka Camps, UN Blind and Deaf Without Cameras or Cell Phones, African Concern

[ InnerCity Press ][ Jun 20 03:18 GMT ]
While it has been reported that in the UN-funded internment camps in Sri Lanka "UN officials have been stopped from bringing in cameras and mobile phones," the Spokesperson for Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday told Inner City Press, "I don't think the UN would accept that." Since the UN did accept the detention by the government of UN staff earlier this year, it is not clear if the UN would accept being barred from exposing abuses they see in the camps or even photographing them. [ full story]