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Re: Sinhala Buddhist monkeys are got fucked and coming back???
UN Intervention re Mission to Sri Lanka
by International Association of Democratic Lawyers
http://www.sangam.org/articles/view2/?uid=945
at the 61st Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights
With reference to Item 9:
Violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the
world
Oral intervention by Deirdre McConnell
Mr Chairman,
General Assembly resolution 32/130 states that in approaching human
rights questions within the United Nations system, the international
community should accord priority to search for solutions to mass and
flagrant human rights violations.
In the island of Sri Lanka, the Tamil people's human rights and
fundamental freedoms have been violated for more than fifty years.
Since 1948, legislation has denied the rights of Tamils, in
citizenship, language, education, religion, land and other areas.
In the 1950s and 60s the Tamil people's non-violent struggle for
equality, justice and dignity was crushed by violent military
repression, followed by horrific pogroms of genocidal proportions in
which thousands of Tamils were killed. These persistent attacks on the
Tamil community eventually gave rise to armed conflict.
During twenty years of war over 79,000 Tamils have been killed or
"disappeared"; 500,000 have sought political asylum in Europe and other
countries and 2375 buildings of religious places of worship have been
destroyed in the North East, the traditional Tamil homeland area, in
aerial bombings and artillery shelling by military forces.
Rape and murder used as a weapon of war systematically by regular armed
forces, with impunity, has inflicted horrendous suffering on thousands
of Tamil women.
There have been no independent inquiries into any of the above endemic
and chronic violations against Tamils, despite repeated calls by human
rights organisations.
Mr Chairman,
The alleviation of the suffering of the Tamil people, thereby creating
conditions of normalcy in which peace talks could begin, is central to
the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Ceasefire Agreement (CFA)
between the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam signed more than three years ago, with the facilitation of the
Royal Norwegian Government.
It is sad to note that although the ceasefire has created normalcy in
the seven Southern provinces, normalcy does not exist for the people in
the North East.
In breach of CFA article 2.1 and 2.5 people are harassed at checkpoints
in the NorthEast. Over the last year the incidence of harassment, rape
and sexual assault of Tamil civilians by regular armed forces has
increased.
Violating CFA article 2.2, the army continue to occupy temples and
churches in the North East; violating article 2.3 school buildings are
still occupied by the Sri Lanka army. In a few cases, the army has
withdrawn, but "High Security Zones" have been immediately built
nearby.
Many people in civil society are asking, " 'Security' - for whom?
Certainly not the security of local Tamil people". The situation of
IDPs remains critical, they are prevented from resettling in their own
homes due to these militarised zones.
Fishermen are still severely restricted in pursuing their livelihood,
they are persistently harassed and intimidated by Navy and armed
forces.
In violation of article 1.8 of the CFA, the government has not disarmed
paramilitaries nor ensured they leave the North East. On the contrary,
these paramilitaries working with the Sri Lanka armed forces have been
responsible for recent assassinations in the East, of human rights
activists and political leaders and activists, causing terror and
destabilisation.
Mr Chairman,
It was the coastal parts of the North East which were the worst
affected when the disastrous tsunami recently struck the island on
December 26 last year. The majority of the casualties were Tamils from
the North East. 24,500 Tamil people were killed by the tsunami and
10,000 are missing; nearly 700,000 Tamils were displaced and over
120,000 houses in Tamil areas were completely damaged.
Mr Chairman,
The authorities prevented the UN Secretary General from making a
humanitarian visit, which he requested, to the North East, the areas in
the island most affected by the tsunami. This is a serious violation of
the UN Charter, Chapter XV Article 100 by the Sri Lankan government.
In conclusion, this Commission has the capability, the ability and the
authority to immediately send a mission to Sri Lanka and ensure that in
the affected areas the victims of these human rights violations receive
redress. We urge the Commission to take urgent action.
Thank you.
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