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Posted on July 8th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
The
Tamil Separatist Movement appears to have started its Genocide charge in 2014. 28 Members of the
Northern Provincial Council and 5 members of the Eastern Provincial Council
sent a joint letter on 17
th August 2014, to United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, Navi Pillay.
The letter said
, The
Tamil people strongly believe that they have been, and continue to be subject
to Genocide by Sri Lanka. The Tamils were massacred in groups, their temples
and churches were bombed, and their iconic Jaffna Public library was burnt down
in 1981 with its collection of largest and oldest priceless irreplaceable Tamil
Geneva proposes asset freezes, travel bans ahead of HR sessions
By Shamindra Ferdinando
An Extraordinary Gazette notification, pertaining to the nomination of Justice Abdul Hameed Dileep Nawaz, as the Chairman of a three-member Commission of Inquiry (CoI), to investigate, inquire into and report, or take required actions, regarding the findings of the former Commissions, or Committees, that investigated human rights violations, serious violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and other such offences, was issued on January 20.
The Extraordinary Gazette notification was issued, close on the heels of a ceremonial sitting of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, to welcome Justice Nawaz, Justice Kumudini Wickramasinghe and Justice Shiran Gooneratne. They were among six new Supreme Court justices, named on Dec 1, 2020, in terms of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, enacted two months before. The other new justices are Janaka de Silva, Achala Wengappuli and Mahinda Samayaward