Some 50,000 people from the east recently called for an end to the war. The military are reported to lose some 700 soldiers every three months in the long drawn out battle against the rebels. The loss to rebel cadre can only be guessed at. The stark reality is, death and destruction are common features in Sri Lankan society making little or no impact as it does not affect the so-called middle and upper classes. Furthering Human Rights,' states that power, wealth, position or birth should have no intrinsic relationship to an individual's true claim to respect and privilege.
People continue to be arrested under the pretext of national security.
Freedom of association, demonstration and opinion continue to be violated. Safeguarding human rights in society at large and advancing collective positions on such issues have not been addressed by Sri Lankan society as a whole.