Ananthy Sasitharan in Geneva Departure kept secret following threats
By Ananth Palakidnar- February 14, 2014
Northern Provincial Councillor, Ananthy Sasitharan, who arrived in Geneva on Wednesday, began to engage in discussions with officials of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) yesterday.
Ananthy's travel plans were kept under wraps until her departure from Colombo on Wednesday (12), following the anonymous calls she had received asking her to cancel her plans to attend the 25th UNHRC sessions in Geneva in March.However, Ananthy had reached Geneva on Wednesday, and was given a warm welcome at the airport, sources said.
Ananthy began her meetings with the UNHRC officials in Geneva accompanied by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarians, M.A. Sumanthiran and Suresh Premachandran.
Informed sources said that Ananthy's discussions were based on the disappearances in the North, and she had even submitted the documents she had carried with her to be presented to the officials in Geneva regarding the evidence she had over the disappearances, including that of her husband, Sasitharan alias Elilan, who had reportedly surrendered to the Security Forces with hundreds of others in Kilinochchi during the final stages of the conflict, sources said.
Apart from her meetings with the UNHRC officials, on the sidelines of the UNHRC sessions in Geneva, Ananthy is also expected to hold meetings with several organizations in various parts of Geneva, sources added.
Ananthy will stay in Geneva until the UNHRC sessions are over, they further said.
Meanwhile, Northern Province Chief Minister, C.V. Wigneswaran, during his meeting with the Norwegian Ambassador, Grete Lochen, in Jaffna on Wednesday, confirmed Ananthy Elilan Sasitharan's participation at the UNHRC sessions in Geneva.
The Chief minister also said that instead of his presence in Geneva the NPC had decided to send Ananthy to Switzerland as she was also a victim, who is in search of her husband.
Another delegation of TNA Parliamentarians is also likely to travel to Geneva in March sources said.
By Ananth Palakidnar- February 14, 2014
Northern Provincial Councillor, Ananthy Sasitharan, who arrived in Geneva on Wednesday, began to engage in discussions with officials of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) yesterday.
Ananthy's travel plans were kept under wraps until her departure from Colombo on Wednesday (12), following the anonymous calls she had received asking her to cancel her plans to attend the 25th UNHRC sessions in Geneva in March.However, Ananthy had reached Geneva on Wednesday, and was given a warm welcome at the airport, sources said.
Ananthy began her meetings with the UNHRC officials in Geneva accompanied by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarians, M.A. Sumanthiran and Suresh Premachandran.
Informed sources said that Ananthy's discussions were based on the disappearances in the North, and she had even submitted the documents she had carried with her to be presented to the officials in Geneva regarding the evidence she had over the disappearances, including that of her husband, Sasitharan alias Elilan, who had reportedly surrendered to the Security Forces with hundreds of others in Kilinochchi during the final stages of the conflict, sources said.
Apart from her meetings with the UNHRC officials, on the sidelines of the UNHRC sessions in Geneva, Ananthy is also expected to hold meetings with several organizations in various parts of Geneva, sources added.
Ananthy will stay in Geneva until the UNHRC sessions are over, they further said.
Meanwhile, Northern Province Chief Minister, C.V. Wigneswaran, during his meeting with the Norwegian Ambassador, Grete Lochen, in Jaffna on Wednesday, confirmed Ananthy Elilan Sasitharan's participation at the UNHRC sessions in Geneva.
The Chief minister also said that instead of his presence in Geneva the NPC had decided to send Ananthy to Switzerland as she was also a victim, who is in search of her husband.
Another delegation of TNA Parliamentarians is also likely to travel to Geneva in March sources said.
