Rights groups write to Japan alleging abuses in Sri Lanka..!!!

Rights groups write to Japan alleging abuses in Sri Lanka

Japan’s new administration should publicly press the Sri Lankan government to end the illegal detention of approximately 250,000 Tamil civilians, six Japanese and international human rights organizations said in a joint letter to Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, made public today.

The groups said the new government should also urge Sri Lanka to ensure justice and accountability for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by government forces and the LTTE.

The groups urged Okada to take a principled position on rights and use Japan’s unique influence as Sri Lanka’s largest donor to protect civilians. While the fighting in Sri Lanka ended with the defeat of the LTTE in May 2009, the suffering of a quarter million detained civilians continues. The letter was signed by the Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace, Amnesty International, the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination (IMADR), the Nonviolent Peaceforce, Human Rights Watch, and Human Rights Now.

“Japan is in an excellent position to make its influence felt with Sri Lanka,” said Kanae Doi, Tokyo director at Human Rights Watch. “The new government needs to make clear that it expects Sri Lanka to free the people locked up in the camps and pursue justice for the victims of the war years.”

The organizations said that, “There will be no reprieve and there will be no accountability unless Japan and others within the international community persistently demand it,” and called on Japan to “press for the speedy establishment of an independent international investigation” and “take strong action” to end illegal detention of civilians.

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Comments


GoSL should ban activities of all these groups in Sri Lanka. If GoSL fails to do this we, majority civilians of this country will take care of them when we see them in public next time.

Posted By: Vipula Vishvanath


Oh god! If ADB (main doner Japan), JBIC and JICA funds are stopped, we are finished. 60% of our very essential development are funded by them. We loose the aid as well as the jobs. This will be the living hell without GSP+ and the AID from the AID forum. I hope these people with big mouths can create half a million jobs with their bank savings.

Posted By: wicky

Time to take our stock. Almost everyone outside our boarder is talking against us. There must be something seriously wrong in what we have been doing. Is it our nature that we are immediately pointing accusing fingers at them? Why?

Posted By: Dharma

Well done Rights Group. Now that EU/EP has shown the inside of GOSL to the world, Japan should realise the reality and take same action against GOSL, for war crimes, action against humanity etc etc. Also, all international bodies should follw and take same action as EU/EP. Vipula Vishvanath, thuggary will not take you far. You are from a country that has to beg and beggers have no choice.

Posted By: Kugan

The Japanese have the backbone to Finger print a nations Prime Minister. Did these NGO's have a hand in it. Your guess is as good as mine.- Ramzeel

Posted By: Ramzeel

According to Kugan if you are a poor country you have to dance to any tune played by rich and powerful countries whether they are impartial or not. Isn't Kugan?. Hell of a joke this is.

Posted By: NE

You, INGOs living on others' money, can’t fool Japan. Yasushi Akashi visited IDP camps and he witnessed the real situation to his satisfaction. Are you all trying to beg money for your luxury lives?

Posted By: Bamboona Moona

Japan , Korea, Vietnam, USA China Europe etc; developed fast after terrible wars as there were no HR investigations etc: against leaders. War crimes were commited by both victors and vanquished. Only the war crimes of the vanquished were reported. Give Sri Lanka a chance to recover and develop like others. West & USA must stop aiding terrorism in the developing countries. We are a victim of this.

Posted By: nimps

The guys who comment against all the developed nations thinking or dreaming that SL is the most developed nation in the world with highest GDP. When they will realise that we are totally depend on foreigh aid?...money is sweet but advice is bitter.

Posted By: sincere citizen

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