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Emergency Message to the UN Panel of Experts Dec 15th deadline.

Dear Supporter,

As you know up to 40,000 innocent civilians were killed last year and a further 20,000 are now amputees as a result of the indiscriminate shelling and bombardment by the Sri Lankan armed forces. Recent reports from channel 4 also show there is clearly a need for a war crimes investigation.

However we need you to take urgent action to ensure a war crimes investigation takes place. We have attached 5 sample letters that we urge you to use to submit your letters to the U.N. Panel of Experts to pressure the UN for a war crimes investigation on Sri Lanka. We suggested you use one of the letters below (perhaps change the wording a bit) or your own.

You only have a few more days to submit a letter (15th December). You can still send one even if not directly affected by the conflict and crimes against humanity committed by Sri Lankan forces and its leaders.

Make sure, you attach your postal address and the country of residence in your letter

The letters does not need to be long, even few lines should do. Please appeal to the panel to ask U.N. to investigate Sri Lanka for war crimes, crimes against humanity and the genocide of Tamils.

This is the E-Mail Address that the letter needs to be sent to: panelofexpertsregistry@un.org

Channel 4 recent reports on war crimes in Sri Lanka

http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-war-crimes-video-who-are-these-men

For more Information about the UN Submission ( English /Tamil) Please go to bellow link.

http://www.cwvhr.org/web/index.php

Letter Option 1

To: Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Chairman

To: Mr. Steven Ratner, Panel Member

To: Ms.Yasmin Sooka, Panel Member

Re: Through U.N. investigation Sri Lanka ’s war criminals must be brought to books to serve justice to the victims of dire crimes against humanity

Significant developments on Sri Lanka’s “War Crimes” charges emerged in the International forums in recent weeks as, The International Crisis (ICG) group headed by the former High Court Judge of Canada, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the U.N. former Human Rights High Commissioner, the current President of the ICG and CEO, Madam, Louise Arbour released 54 pages extensive report on Sri Lankan conflict between the Sri Lankan government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The report contains serious charges of “war crimes” committed by the Sri Lankan forces on un-armed Tamil civilians during the last phase of the war. The reports were produced with reliable information from eyewitnesses, satellite images of the war locations, witness from aid workers, human rights activists, and officials. Particularly, the last phase of the brutal military onslaught on the “Safe Zone” in Mullivaikal, Vanni where hospitals, schools, and places of worship were shelled and bombed killing innocent civilians. Meanwhile, the exclusive under cover report from the U.K. based Television Channel, Channel 4 News, freshly accused Sri Lanka, according to a senior army commander and a soldier, numerous people were killed by them under the order from the top.

It is very critical that Sri Lanka get investigated for war crimes, crimes against humanity and possible genocide of it citizens and forced to adhere with the Harare Commonwealth Declaration, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally recognized human rights instruments and local human rights norms which are the very foundation of a decent democratic civilized world.

Yours truly,

Your Name, Contact Postal Address with the Residing country.

Letter Option 2

To: Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Chairman

To: Mr. Steven Ratner, Panel Member

To: Ms.Yasmin Sooka, Panel Member

Re: U.N. must investigate Sri Lanka for war crimes and crimes against humanity

Gordon Weiss a former UN official spokesman who worked in Sri Lanka during the final military operation by the Sri Lankan army against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said close to 40,000 Tamil civilians were killed and over 50,000 were injured including many thousands of children at the end of the Sri Lanka's civil war in May 2009.

Tamils in Sri Lanka have gone through several rounds of communal violence tacitly supported by then Sinhalese lead governments since 1956 and continual killings of thousands of Tamils civilians in security operations since 1984. Torture, rape and random abductions and disappearances of young Tamils have been perpetrated by the military and pro-government paramilitaries, in the process.

The 1983 pogrom killed at least 3,000 Tamils in matter of few days and caused 150,000 Tamils to flee abroad. This became the watershed in a background where Sri Lanka has never punished or found out the reasons who lead the communal riots against Tamils, though the Government and its forces stand accused as culprits.

The international community has to be constantly reminded that they have an equally strong responsibility to see that Justice is served for our people, who have known nothing but suffering and the stripping of the few rights they had.

Recent reports from channel 4 clearly show war crimes were committed in the final months of the war. It is very critical that Sri Lanka gets investigated for war crimes, crimes against humanity and possible genocide of it citizens and forced to adhere with the Harare Commonwealth Declaration, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally recognized human rights instruments and local human rights norms which are the very foundation of a decent democratic civilized world.

Yours truly,

Your Name, Contact Postal Address with the Residing country.

Letter Option 3

To: Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Chairman

To: Mr. Steven Ratner, Panel Member

To: Ms.Yasmin Sooka, Panel Member

Re: U.N. must investigate Sri Lanka for war crimes and crimes against humanity

International Community repeatedly condemning violence especially against the freedom of expressions in Sri Lanka . But, the current Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) do not take their condemnations seriously instead the current authoritarian regime in Sri Lanka relentlessly keep abducting, attacking, harassing, chasing them away from the country and killing the journalists and media personals who does not share their views with the grand agenda of silencing them.

Political violence manifests itself at all levels of social organization in Sri Lanka , especially under the current authoritarian regime of Mahinda Rajapaksa. Many politicians believe that easy ways to grab power and rule inspiring fear among the opponents by engineering violence and initiating ethnic riots within multiple communities.

Tamils in Sri Lanka have gone through several rounds of communal violence tacitly supported by then Sinhalese lead governments since 1956 and continual killings of thousands of Tamils civilians in security operations since 1984. Torture, rape and random abductions and disappearances of young Tamils have been perpetrated by the military and pro-government paramilitaries, in the process.

A former UN official who worked in Sri Lanka during the final military operation by the Sri Lankan army against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said close to 40,000 Tamil civilians have been killed and over 50,000 have been injured including many thousands of children in the final days of the war in May last year.

It is very crucial that Sri Lanka gets investigated for war crimes, crimes against humanity and possible genocide of it citizens and forced to adhere with the Harare Commonwealth Declaration, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally recognized human rights instruments and local human rights norms which are the very foundation of a decent democratic civilized world.

Yours truly,

Your Name, Contact Postal Address with the Residing country.

Letter Option 4

To: Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Chairman

To: Mr. Steven Ratner, Panel Member

To: Ms.Yasmin Sooka, Panel Member

Re: U.N. must investigate Sri Lanka for war crimes and crimes against humanity

Tamils in Sri Lanka have faced with more than 30 years of sustained war and lived under emergency regulations with no access to minimum basic needs as Sri Lanka banned most of the basic items such as food, medicine, fuel and stationeries for decades to the Tamil areas.

Even now after a war that killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians in 2009 and left thousands of amputees, the atrtocities still continue. Violation of both international humanitarian and human rights laws, uncertainties, political instabilities and the perpetration of unlawful acts of all sorts against its citizens including journalists, media personals, aid workers, intellectuals, religious leaders and rights activists still continue according to the US based human rights organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW), the International Crisis Group (ICG) headed by the former U.N. High Commissioner, Louise Arbour and the Amnesty International (AI).

It is very critical that Sri Lanka get investigated for war crimes, crimes against humanity and possible genocide of it citizens and forced to adhere with the Harare Commonwealth Declaration, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally recognized human rights instruments and local human rights norms which are the very foundation of a decent democratic civilized world.

Yours truly,

Your Name, Contact Postal Address with the Residing country.

Letter Option 5

To: Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Chairman

To: Mr. Steven Ratner, Panel Member

To: Ms.Yasmin Sooka, Panel Member

Re: U.N. must investigate Sri Lanka for war crimes and crimes against humanity

According to a former UN official who worked in Sri Lanka during the final military operation by the Sri Lankan army against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) close to 40,000 Tamil civilians were killed and over 50,000 were injured including many thousands of children in the final days of the war in May last year.

Sri Lankan, Sinhala state not only committed crimes against humanity and war crimes, but legitimated its actions along with the support of its powerful regional neighbors.

It is very critical that Sri Lanka get investigated for war crimes, crimes against humanity and possible genocide of it citizens and forced to adhere with the Harare Commonwealth Declaration, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally recognized human rights instruments and local human rights norms which are the very foundation of a decent democratic civilized world.

Yours truly,

Your Name, Contact Postal Address with the Residing country.

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