Comrade Sashie questioning UK Parliamentarian Siobhan McDonagh
Sri Lanka government arresting those who commemorated their loved ones lost in the war exposes how scared the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime is, said the General Secretary of the NSSP.
In a message to thousands who gathered in London in remembrance of Tamil civilians who were killed, maimed and displaced by Sri Lankan forces, Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne said the arrest of fifteen mourners in Mannar on the 18th of May shows 'how scared the Mahinda regime is even of the dead'.
Comrade Bahu also highlighted the British government displaying its complicity in the Mullivaikkal massacre in 2009.
Message by Comrade Bahu
"NSSP expresses solidarity with all remembering the fallen and killed in the massacre of Mullivaikkal in 2009. British Prime Minister David Cameron getting geared up to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo to be held in November, shows the complicity of UK in that crime.
The arrest today of those commemorating their loved ones in the north shows how scared the Mahinda regime is even of the dead. The NSSP stands alongside all who fight for freedom and justice for Tamils in their homeland."
UK Prime Minister
Co ordinator for NSSP in Europe questioned British Parliamentarian Siobhan McDonagh following her speech at the Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day rally as to why the British parliament allowed the Prime Minister to attend CHOGM in November while acknowledging that Sri Lanka has a poor human rights record.
"Cameron is not responsible for the parliament," said MP McDonagh.
British Tamils Forum (BTF), that organised the Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day in London said that the gathering highlighted the urgent need for an independent and international investigation into the events of 2009 further to the on-going genocide against the Tamil people and the inappropriateness of holding the next CHOGM in a country that stands in such complete opposition to Commonwealth Values.
(19 May 2013)
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