Diaspora Tamil groups smelling long awaited victory in Geneva

By Paul Newman   Geneva21 Mar 2012

Posted 21 Mar 2012 Vol 3 Issue 11 Geneva is known for its sheer beauty and considered an expensive city to live in. The city is currently hosting a car show and the 19th UN Human Rights Council. Here, the Jumbo Sri Lankan contingent is trying its best to defeat the US sponsored resolution, which might be the first blow to Sri Lanka, if it is passed at the UNHRC. Sri Lanka has deputed people, many of whom seem to speak excellent English – with little substance though. They have sent Tamil bureaucrats to make the world believe that Tamils are happy in Sri Lanka. The UNHRC is likely to deliver the first blow to the Sri Lankan racist regime that has so far got away with gross human rights violations and a Tamil genocide On the other hand at the council there are Human Rights NGOs who are coming out with facts and figures which cannot be refuted. Sinhalese human rights activists like Sunila Abeyasekara and Nimalka Fernando who are here have been specifically targeted by the Sri Lankan delegation with a vicious campaign against them. Read More