All Vanni civilians to be jailed for 3 years

Today the government announced that all 300,000 civilians from the Vanni would be held for at least 3 years in military detention camps, i.e. "prisons", for security reasons. Apparently this is what the Sri Lankan government considers to be "liberation" for the Tamil civilians. The government further outlined the "luxuries" that will be provided to the prisoners, which include just one toilet for every five families. One can estimate that on average each family consists of 5 to 7 members. So this means there will be one toilet for every 25 to 35 people. Thank you government of Sri Lanka for liberating your Tamil civilians from a peaceful life in Kilinochi and depositing them into hell.

Further, the total land that will be provided for these 300,000 imprisoned civilians will be 1,100 acres, or 0.2 cents (88 square feet) of land per person (after deducting land for roads and government use). An average housing plot in India is generally considered to be 2400 square feet (5.5 cents).

The cost to maintain these huge prison complexes will not be born by the Sri Lankan government. They expect international aid agencies to pay the bills. What the world fails to see is that this humanitarian disaster is completely man made. There is no need to force 300,000 people to remain imprisoned for 3 years. If you simply stopped fighting and let them return to their homes, there would be no need for international aid organizations to take care of these civilians. You are creating an artificial humanitarian disaster, and then calling on the world to help the suffering civilians. We all know the Sri Lankan people would never offer to feed the Tamil civilians on their own. They would rather let them starve than have to spend their own money to help them. That's why they always turn to international aid organizations and exploit their generosity.

The government states that these detention camps will also have "community centers" that contain a television for the public's enjoyment. Unfortunately there will only be one such community center for every 760 people. So you may have to wait a few years before you get a chance to watch the television program of your choice, and who knows which language they will make you watch it in. We can only hope that it will still be legal to communicate in the Tamil language.

The government's official position is that these civilians will have to remain imprisoned in detention camps until the LTTE is completely finished. Judging by the 26 year long war that we have already seen, these civilians may have to wait another 50 years before being released from confinement, as I seriously doubt the government will be able to eliminate the LTTE in 3 years.

I think the real concern is what will the government do to these people's lands while they are imprisoned for years on end. It is not too much to suspect that the government may try to colonize the Tamil's lands with Sinhalese civilians, as they have done in the past. Such an attempt would ultimately lead to an ethnic blood bath, and years of continued war. I think it is also quite obvious that any Tamil civilian who would dare return to the Vanni to check on their house, land or possessions would be killed on the claim that they were LTTE infiltrators. In a land with no witnesses, there is little hope for justice, peace or safety.