Resettlement of Tamil IDPs, Rehabilitation of Ex-combatants, the Disappeared & the Detainees: 4 major Human Rights issues that concerned the Tamils!!!

mano against amnesty for senior LTTE cadres

Says judicial bail to a selected few is not acceptable

By Yohan Perera

Democratic People’s Front Leader Mano Ganeshan MP, yesterday, criticised the granting of amnesty to senior LTTE cadres while suspected LTTE cadres were still being held in detention camps despite many years of incarceration.

He was referring to the release of Daya Master and George Master by the government recently. “Discriminatory policies of the government in providing amnesty and judicial bail to a selected few is not acceptable as it has been done while suspected primary members of the LTTE suffer in detention,” he said..

He said the Opposition would support the rehabilitation programmes with active support from Britain and the US: “The long held convicted prisoners were linked to political violence, some have been held for 16 long years. They insist that they be included in these programmes,” he said.

Welcoming the government’s statement on the national framework for the ex-combatants, he stressed the need for enhancing it further on the ground.

Stating that resettlement of the IDPs, rehabilitation of ex-combatants, the disappeared and the detainees were four major human rights issues that concerned the Tamils of the country today, he said the Opposition parties in Parliament were prepared for constructive engagement with the government on these matters.

However he regretted that the national engagement was not taking place because the government considered that the whole issue should be handled only by it: “The resettlement of IDPs in their traditional villages is very dear to the Tamil people today, and it should be expedited,” he said.

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