The inhuman treatment of 1000s of tamil IDP’s in NP-refugee camps, indicates the govts scant regard for human rights! Govt was full of contradictions!

Govt. contradicts its own figures on LTTE cadres – Kirielle
by Zacki Jabbar

The Government, having proclaimed that the LTTE was down to less than 3,000 cadres in its final weeks, now speaks of 15,000 suspected ‘Tigers’, who have been detained at a northern camp, UNP Parliamentarian Lakshman Kirielle said yesterday.

He told ‘The Island’, that the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government was full of contradictions and the latest was with regard to the number of suspected LTTE cadres in its custody.

"We have no objections to Tiger suspects being interrogated or separated from the other Internally Displaced Persons, from the North. But, how an earth did their numbers suddenly swell from less than 3,000 to 15,000?"

The hallmark of the Rajapaksa administration, he said was its contradictory nature, which has permeated into every aspect of governance.

The inhuman treatment of thousands of IDP’s in northern refugee camps, indicates the governments scant regard for human rights, Kirielle said.

Discriminatory policies, have even spread to humanitarian issues, he observed. "Opposition MP’s, also have a right to help their Tamil brothers and sisters in distress. But, only UPFA MP’s, are allowed to visit the northern refugee camps, where nearly 280,000 internally displaced persons are being kept."

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