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Desmond Tutu Rebukes Sri Lanka

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PAkHAHiiog&feature=player_embedded

Desmond Tutu Rebukes Sri Lanka

By ROBERT MACKEY

A video introduction to the group known as The Elders, founded by Nelson Mandela.

The Elders, a council of retired global leaders led by Desmond Tutu, issued a statement on Tuesday rebuking the government of Sri Lanka for its “clampdown on domestic critics and its disdain for human rights.”

In an e-mail sent to reporters, Mr. Tutu said, “The ongoing persecution and disappearances of human rights activists, journalists and government opponents is truly terrifying.”

Mr. Tutu, the former head of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, also said that Sri Lanka had “done little to reveal the truth behind human rights abuses,” during the civil war that ended last year. He added, “It is doubtful that the President’s ‘Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission’ will help Sri Lankans to work towards lasting peace and reconciliation.”

When Mr. Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, announced last month that he would begin reducing his public appearances soon, he pledged to continue his work with The Elders.

The Elders was founded by Nelson Mandela and also includes former President Jimmy Carter and a number of retired United Nations officials. In a statement posted on its Web site, the group called on international governments to end their “deafening silence” in response to a list of recent actions by Sri Lanka, including:

•The persecution, intimidation, assassination and disappearance of government critics, political opponents, journalists and human rights defenders.

•Ongoing detention of an estimated 8,000 suspected ex-combatants without charge or access to legal representation, their families or independent monitors.

•The government’s failure to withdraw wartime emergency laws more than a year after the end of the conflict with the L.T.T.E. [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam].

•Lack of action by the government to address the political marginalization of ethnic minorities that was at the root of Sri Lanka’s 30 years of war.

•Unacceptable behavior towards the United Nations — including a siege by demonstrators of U.N. offices in Colombo, led by a cabinet minister — following the U.N. secretary-general’s appointment of a panel of experts to advise him on accountability issues relating to alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed by both sides during the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka.

In response, Rajiva Wijesinha, a member of parliament with Sri Lanka’s governing coalition, told the BBC that the group was “simplifying and preaching.” He also insisted that despite the murder or exile of independent journalists, and the arrest of the second-place finisher in this year’s presidential election, Sri Lankans are free to express dissent in the news media or in Parliament.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/desmond-tutu-rebukes-sri-lanka/

முடிந்ததால் ஒரு குறும் செய்தியை அனுப்பி வையுங்கள்:

to: info@tutu.org

Subject: Thanks you Elders!

Dear Elders,

Thanks for your voice for the rights and freedom of oppressed people in Sri Lanka!

Please continue your noble services!

Truly,

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பின்னூட்டல்கள் :

Artifact: Hey NY Times, I guess M.I.A. was right.

Robert Mackey (author) : I'm not sure what you are referring to, but Ms. Arulpragasam has linked to The Lede's Sri Lanka coverage in the past.

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Desha: Oh my ,rev Tutu is soo concerned about SL human right. You know who else are concerned about human rights in SL , after the war ended. The LTTE funding fraudsters , The LTTE, LTTE paid currupt UN officials,the LTTE funded HUmanright vultures. So you decided to jump the Wagon. Sri Lanka forces saved 300,000 people who were held hostage by LTTE causing 6000 SL army lives. Do you think any ARMY in this world do that sacrifies??? SL is rehabilitating 10,000 LTTE carder. Will any other coutry do that to terrorists who terrised thier countries for 30 years??? What more investigations you need??? If you care about SL do some thing for the poor and homeless there ,without parrorting LLTE Fraudsters. The information thses fraudsters give 100% lies and misinformation hoodwinking the world.

Robert Mackey (author) : If you have some evidence to support the remarkable and highly unlikely claim that United Nations officials calling for a fair, transparent investigation into possible war crimes that may have been committed by both sides in the civil war are in fact paid lackeys of the Tamil Tigers, please present it.

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Gokisspan: Right on Bishop Tutu, God bless you for calling a spade a spade. You speak for the downtrodden and dispossessed of Sri Lanka. Shame on them!

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