US Tamils want Gota arrested

By W. K. Prasad Manju-2016-04-21

In an urgent appeal to President Obama, two major Tamil groups in the United States 'Tamils for Obama' and the 'American Tamil Forum' urged the...... United States to arrest former Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa who is reported to be currently visiting the US, the two organizations said in a statement yesterday.

"The US should not miss the opportunity to arrest and prosecute one of the main war criminals in recent times visiting the US. Failure to do so would encourage others to commit abuses amounting to war crimes," said these two organizations.

The UN Human Rights Council, led by the US, last year passed a Sri Lanka resolution to hold a credible investigation to punish those responsible for war crimes.

"The United States should take the same leadership it took at the UN to initiate investigations into the visiting Sri Lankan war criminal," said these two organizations.
(Agencies)