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By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express Colombo, May 17: The annual ceremonies held by the Sri Lankan armed forces on May 19, to mark the defeat of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the observances held by Tamil political leaders on May 18 to mark what they consider genocide”, keep alive the conflict between Sinhalese and Tamil nationalisms, which have marked post-independence Sri Lankan politics. This year, to prevent the Tamils from commemorating their dead at Mulliwaikkal (the scene of mass killings at the tail of the 30-year war) the Lankan government has used the COVID-19 pandemic to isolate the place along with the adjacent areas of Mullaitivu, Pudukudiyiruppu, and Mulliyawali. ....
UN and other international organizations have repeatedly urged Sri Lanka to abolish this anti-terror law Sri Lankan authorities were emboldened to continue their atrocity crimes against Tamils, when UN failed to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as recommended by UN Rights Chief ” Tamil News ServiceBATTICALOA, SRI LANKA, May 19, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ The Sri Lankan security forces have arrested ten Tamil men and women for peacefully remembering their war dead and charged them under draconian anti-terror law, the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). PTA allows arbitrarily imprisoning people for years. Several Tamils are languishing in prisons under this law for over ten years. UN and other international organizations have repeatedly urged Sri Lanka to abolish this law. ....
As the date nears, desperate victim families are struggling to find ways to remember their loved ones Sri Lankan authorities were emboldened to continue their atrocity crimes against Tamils, when UN failed to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as recommended by UN Rights Chief” P2P MovementJAFFNA, SRI LANKA, May 17, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Sri Lankan Government has taken numerous steps to prevent Tamils from remembering their war dead by banning any memorial ceremonies and vandalized a Memorial Monument, said P2P movement. Urges UN to Act. The memorial is to remember tens of thousands of Tamils who were killed in 2009 by the Sri Lankan security forces in a place called Mullivaikal. ....
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Posted on February 6th, 2021 By Camellia Nathaniel/Daily News Colombo, February 6: The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) accuses Sri Lanka of being in a ‘state of denial about the past’, details how the failure of domestic mechanisms has further entrenched impunity, exacerbating victims’ distrust in the system. Among a litany of failures, the report addresses the rollback of 2015 reforms that offered more checks and balances on executive power, the erosion of judicial and institutional independence, and the failure to reform the security sector and remove and hold to account those responsible for alleged grave crimes and human rights violations. The Government has decided to reject the report submitted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka. ....