If there is one person who understands the sufferings of people displaced by an ongoing war or armed conflict, she can be Gethsie Shanmugan of Sri Lanka who is now in the country to receive on Thursday evening the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Shanmugan, 83, is a veteran worker in conflict zones as she witnessed the almost three decades of the Sri Lanka civil war that left thousands dead, abused, tortured, detained and displaced. The war between Sinhalese and Tamil forces finally ended in 2009.
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