The 39-page report, “‘If We Raise Our Voice They Arrest Us’: Sri Lanka’s Proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” documents abusive security force surveillance and intimidation of activists and campaigners from minority Tamil families of those who “disappeared” during Sri Lanka’s civil war. The authorities are using draconian counterterrorism laws to silence dissenting voices, including those calling for truth and accountability, while government-backed land grabs target Tamil and Muslim communities and their places of worship.
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The North-East Coordinate Committee, a collective of 16 civil society organisations across the North-East, has urged the international community to reject the Sri Lankan government’s proposed National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) and instead implement an independent international investigation into war crimes.
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