Sri Lanka And Australia – Forging An Unprincipled And Unholy Alliance
By Eelaventhan Manickavasakar -July 25, 2014
Eelaventhan Manickavasakar
The past tormenting and continuous sixty years sufferings of Tamils in Sri Lanka has provided an opportunity for Australia to join hands with the majority led suppressive governments of Srilanka more in particular with the perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the presentRajapaksas government. The main reason is to sustain the co-operation and assistance of Sri Lankan government to stop the flow of refugees from Sri Lankan shores to Australia.
Australia is known and reputed for its democratic practices while up-holding the principles of UN charter, C’wealth charter and other conventions relating to human rights and rights of refugees. The recent acts and conduct of Australian government belie their commitments to the above principles of human rights and conventions relating to refugees. A refugee is anyone who flees from his or her own country fearing for his or her life and security by any means of transport which could be legal or illegal and even with invalid or forged documents. Sometimes they fall victims to unscrupulous agents who exploit their helplessness. Some of the fleeing refugees could be economic refugees. In all instances, whether a person is a genuine refugee escaping from his own country to avoid torture, persecution, rape or even death by state terrorism, or an economic refugee to seek better quality of life and prosperity, can only be assessed and determined by the authorities once they have reached the shores of that particular country.
The past and present conduct of Australian government in handling the refugees from Sri Lanka particularly Tamils who have been persecuted, raped, tortured, massacred and made refugees in their own country Sri Lanka, since 1958, is nothing but defiles humanism, civilized and dignified conduct, not to mention it as disgusting and disgraceful to respectful country like Australia. The whole world now knows about Sri Lanka which has since been masquerading as a free democratic state with good governance and observing human rights and fundamental freedoms while maintaining law and order with an independent judiciary.Read More
