4,000 Tamils protest in Geneva for SL war crimes probe
Thousands of Tamils demonstrated in Geneva on Monday to protest Sri Lanka’s rejection of calls for an international probe into alleged war crimes at the end of its civil war.
Some 4,000 people, who had come from across Europe by bus and train, marched through Geneva and crowded into the square outside the United Nations’ European headquarters, according to Geneva police.
The demonstrators blocked traffic through the centre of town and around the central Place des Nations, and police were forced to use pepper spray to contain the situation when protestors began pressing against the security barriers around the United Nations, police spokesman Silvain Guillaume-Gentil told AFP.
They waved red and yellow Tamil Tiger flags, posters demanding “Justice”, and pictures showing victims of the alleged war crimes committed during the final stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war between Tamil secessionists and the state.
The demonstration came during a key annual session of the UN Human Rights Council, which later this month will be asked to consider a US-led draft resolution calling for an international investigation into allegations that up to 40,000 Tamil civilians were killed after government forces ordered them into a no-fire zone in 2009.
Colombo has flatly rejected the draft resolution and the report by UN chief Navi Pillay on which it was based as an “unwarranted interference”, and President Mahinda Rajapakse has accused Washington of treating Colombo like Muhammad Ali’s “punching bag”.
Sri Lanka has previously said it needs more time to address issues of accountability and reconciliation after ending the 37-year conflict, which according to UN estimates claimed at least 100,000 lives. (Source: AFP)
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how can sl gov would say that they need more time to investigate the incident when they done them selves? may be the incident over written at this circle of time period.
LTTE rump in Europe is in full force in Geneva paid for by the millions of dollars they collect from their diaspora and from illegal activities and businesses.
The TNA and LTTE rump are shedding tears for the total obliteration of the LTTE with their leader in April 2009.
The allegation of war crimes during the Humanitarian Operation is totally false. The LTTE rump and the diaspora and TNA are bemoaning the total decimation of LTTE which they try to portray as killing civilians.
The 300,000 plus Tamil civilians were held hostage as a human screen by the LTTE but when they tried to escape the LTTE clutches by fleeing to the GOSL army side, their recuers, the LTTE in sheer anger fired into the fleeing Tamil civilians killing about 6000 of them. Many SL army soldiers also were killed and wounded by the LTTE in this operation.
THAT IS THE TRUTH AND THE LTTE RUMP AND TNA KNOw IT.
Many as 300,000 people killed by LTTE;
Did human right campaigners voiced for that at that time? Daily bombings, target killings, mascare the villagers and killing politicians.
What happen to UN, NGOs, US, UK and right councils at that time? Can you find answers for those?
Answer for that, we will answer for this.