TNA to brief UN on Sri Lanka
07 June 2016
A delegation from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is to brief the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ahead of the upcoming Human Rights Council session, on progress made in Sri Lanka on the implementation of the resolution passed last year, TNA spokesperson MA Sumanthiran told Tamil journalists this week.
Recalling that the Sri Lankan government was also a party to the resolution passed in UN session last year and assured implementation of the contents of the resolution, Mr Sumanthiran said the Sri Lankan government had initiated action on some aspects mentioned in the resolution, such as the constitutional amendment, however, had not given enough attention to matters that can be easily implemented such as returning seized lands to the rightful owners and resettlement.
Whatever actions have been initiated in this regard have not been satisfactory, he said.
It is disturbing to note more additional lands are being grabbed in some other places and similarly, many political prisoners continue to languish in prisons, Mr Sumanthiran added.
07 June 2016A delegation from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is to brief the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ahead of the upcoming Human Rights Council session, on progress made in Sri Lanka on the implementation of the resolution passed last year, TNA spokesperson MA Sumanthiran told Tamil journalists this week.
Recalling that the Sri Lankan government was also a party to the resolution passed in UN session last year and assured implementation of the contents of the resolution, Mr Sumanthiran said the Sri Lankan government had initiated action on some aspects mentioned in the resolution, such as the constitutional amendment, however, had not given enough attention to matters that can be easily implemented such as returning seized lands to the rightful owners and resettlement.
Whatever actions have been initiated in this regard have not been satisfactory, he said.
It is disturbing to note more additional lands are being grabbed in some other places and similarly, many political prisoners continue to languish in prisons, Mr Sumanthiran added.
