UN 'biased' on Sri Lanka says govt Ms Pillai says Sri Lanka is an example of states |
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V. Suryanarayan and Ashik Bonofer
Sri Lanka is at the cross roads today. Will President Mahinda Rajapakse, with his massive electoral mandate, turn his back on Sinhala majoritarianism and initiate immediate steps to apply the healing touch and introduce far reaching reforms to usher in a new political order with respect to ethnic diversity and pluralism? Will the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the most representative organisation of the Sri Lankan Tamils, revitalize itself at the grass roots level, and carry on the democratic non-violent struggle for equality and justice, both through parliamentary and extra-parliamentary means?. Will Colombo, without fear or favour, be in a position to win over the estranged international community by making necessary amends and bring those guilty of gross human rights violations to book? Coming months will provide the answer as to which direction the country will take – towards peace and reconciliation or towards continuing bitterness and conflict.
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Statement by Gary Anandasangaree at UNHRC
By: Gary Anandasangaree
On Spet 12, 2011, at the UN Human Rights Council's 18th Session, Gary Anandasangaree made the following statement on behalf of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada.
Good Afternoon Mme. President.
Lawyers Rights Watch Canada welcomes the report of Her Excellency Ms. Navi Pillay wherein she recalled the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and remembered those who perished in the United States. The world changed that day Mme. President, and so did the fates of so many peoples.