US sponsored resolution on human rights violations is
scheduled to be introduced at United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC)
shortly. The members of UNHRC will discuss, debate and deliberate upon the
issue and chalk out the future course of action after putting it into vote and
move accordingly.
In the meanwhile more and more cases of human rights
violations are reported by Channel 4 of Britain. Callum Macrae, serving Channel
4 who has produced a few documentaries which are mind-blogging and
blood-chilling like Sri Lanka’s killing fields and No fire zone in the
Killing fields of Sri Lanka. The new one which too exposes the ruthlessness
with which Sinhala speaking soldiers dancing over the bodies of ‘lady tigers’
of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam which was caught in a mobile by a person
happened to be in the hands of Mr.Callum Macrae. Mr.Macrae handed over the clip
to British Tamil Forum which displayed before everyone to have a firsthand knowledge
of the atrocities committed by Sri Lankan soldiers.
Sri Lankan authorities took umbrage against Mr.Macrae for
playing the role of one who is siding with LTTE. Mr.Macrae has since denied it
and he asserts that what all he has brought to the fore are facts and blame showered
on him by the Sri Lankan govt is unworthy of any comment.
While Veluppilla Prabhakaran, the self-proclaimed leader and
his followers had committed large-scale violence and slained many Sinhalese
including top leaders in the higher echelons of power according to the latter
were intolerable and the Sri Lankan govt was left with no other alternative but
to fight head- on against the Liberation Tigers. After Prabhakaran was finally
shot dead by the army in the penultimate year of the war, the threat by the
LTTE somewhat came to an end.
Only after the wiping out of LTTE, the heart-breaking
stories of innocent citizens falling preys to Mr.Rajpaksa’s men, who chased the
women, tortured,sexually abused and finally shot them dead for which Rajapaksa
govt is charged with human rights violations. The cruelty and the way which
Velupillai Prabhakaran’s 12 year old son was eliminated was unbearable. The
scene is still etched in the minds of the world citizens.
With the reports of human rights violations pouring in,
United States and other members of United Nations Human Rights Commission
(UNHRC) squarely blamed Sri Lankan govt which the Rajapaksa govt denied but
have no takers, a US sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka is scheduled to be
put to vote on March 28.
In the meanwhile Chandrika Kumara Tunga, former President of
Sri Lanka who took a long leave from politics is set to return, according to a
few media reports.
Before taking a plunge to active politics she has advised
Rajapaksa govt ‘to uphold democratic values to save itself from international
interference’.
‘If Sri Lanka wants to save itself in Geneva, the Sri Lankan
govt and its people have to conduct themselves in accordance with universally
accepted democratic norms and standards’ (Meera Srinivasan, The Hindu) on the
sidelines of her meeting with Ranil Vikrem Singhe, the Opposition leader of United
National Party.
Prime Minister Dr.ManMohanSingh met Mahinda Rajapaksa on the
sidelines of BIMSTEC meeting at Myanmar’s capital Nay-Pi-Taw and held
discussions concerning US sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka.
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