Sri Lanka's government has failed to provide justice for victims of violations
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12 September 2011The UN Human Rights Council must act immediately to end the crisis of impunity that plagues Sri Lanka more than two years after the end of the bloody civil war in the country, Amnesty International told the Council today.
Sri Lanka’s government has failed to provide justice for victims of ongoing human rights violations, has not provided adequate assistance to all communities affected by the conflict, and has significantly weakened independent public institutions, the organization said after remarks by Sri Lankan Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe. Full Story>>>
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Monday, 12 September 2011
US Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake who is on a visit to Sri Lanka met with TNA leader R. Sambanthan and MP M. Sumanthiran at the Hilton Colombo today. According to the leader of the TNA, issues pertaining to the national question was discussed at the meeting. Blake was accompanied by the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Patricia Butenis and the Political Secretary to the Embassy Paul Carter.
According to Sambanthan a whole gamut of issues were discussed and views were exchanged during the meeting. “It was a cordial and constructive meeting in which we discussed a whole gamut of issues pertaining to the national questions in the past, present and future.” he said. When asked as to the outcome of the meeting the TNA leader was non committal stating, “We don’t make decisions based on these meetings however, we understood both positions and it was a very useful exchange of views.”
Sambanthan stated that the LLRC report which was due in November was not a main feature of the agenda. “It was referred to in passing but it was not one of the main things we spoke about,” he said. (FM)
Sri Lanka’s government has failed to provide justice for victims of ongoing human rights violations, has not provided adequate assistance to all communities affected by the conflict, and has significantly weakened independent public institutions, the organization said after remarks by Sri Lankan Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe. Full Story>>>
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LLRC report was not main feature at TNA – Blake meeting
Monday, 12 September 2011US Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake who is on a visit to Sri Lanka met with TNA leader R. Sambanthan and MP M. Sumanthiran at the Hilton Colombo today. According to the leader of the TNA, issues pertaining to the national question was discussed at the meeting. Blake was accompanied by the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Patricia Butenis and the Political Secretary to the Embassy Paul Carter.According to Sambanthan a whole gamut of issues were discussed and views were exchanged during the meeting. “It was a cordial and constructive meeting in which we discussed a whole gamut of issues pertaining to the national questions in the past, present and future.” he said. When asked as to the outcome of the meeting the TNA leader was non committal stating, “We don’t make decisions based on these meetings however, we understood both positions and it was a very useful exchange of views.”
Sambanthan stated that the LLRC report which was due in November was not a main feature of the agenda. “It was referred to in passing but it was not one of the main things we spoke about,” he said. (FM)
