By Telegraph View –
The Sri Lankan government must allow a UN investigation into the fate of the disappeared
The agony endured by the loved ones of missing people can scarcely be imagined. Instead of being allowed to grieve and come to terms with their loss, they must live in suspense without knowing the fate of a child, wife or husband. Sri Lanka will host a Commonwealth summit in a fortnight, yet the country has more “outstanding cases” of disappearances than anywhere in the world apart from Iraq. No fewer than 5,676 names appear on a United Nations list: more than in Argentina after the “dirty war” of the Seventies, or in Colombia after decades of abductions by drug barons and Marxist insurgents.
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I am Sri Lankan Muslim / November 1, 2013
What ever done by Army is unacceptable, This is War, but Captives must be treated well according to Islam… today if the Geneva Rules is based on Islamic Laws. Always someone has to think that there is one looking at us from heaven. MR & His team should be punished.
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Deshapriya / November 1, 2013
its Muslim idiots like you who radicalize Buddhist idiots!
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sach / November 8, 2013
he is not muslim
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sach / November 8, 2013
@ CT, when it is abundantly clear that this man is not a sri lankan muslim why do you allow him to carry on with such an ID which gives false concpetion on him/her?
Do you want to create more problems among races in SL by allowing such morons to carryon what they do? Is this just a gossip centre? Is responsible journalism is something alien to you?
If that is the case what is the diference between you and the rajapakse gov that you people try to vilify at every opportunity?
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Sama / November 1, 2013
Punish or not should come after war crimes investigations are carried out. Right at the moment, since country s CJ was unconstitutionally impeached by MR and his so called PSD committee, no more evidence need to rule out that lankan courts are not independent. So considering all these, UN bodies should work on an international investigations as crimes against humanity perpetrated by both parties to be examined. Longer you wait, longer it will take victims to make their minds for their survival. Also, not forgetting the issue – deployment of troops killing 3 unarmed civilists that took part on a protest Rathu Pasawala too should be brought before the international inquiry.
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mike / November 1, 2013
I agree that lankan courts are not independent. They come under the constructive control of the regime thief Hitlerpaksha. Most, if not all, judgements are delivered by him indirectly??
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crazyoldmansl / November 1, 2013
Sinhala Buddhist murderers.
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ela kolla / November 2, 2013
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I am Budhhist / November 1, 2013
I am a Buddhist but not a Sinhala Sri Lankan Buddhist
I am appalled by the maas killings of innocent people of all races in Sri Lanka to uphold Sri Lanka as Sinhala Buddhist Country.
The Buddhism practiced in the rest of the world is a non violent peace loving religion respecting all oher religion
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crazyoldmansl / November 1, 2013
Ok. Yes. I understand. This is not Buddhism as a religion. This is Buddhism as a Fascist ideology which is why it gets linked to the race and becomes “Sinhala Buddhism”.
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Fairmind / November 3, 2013
I am Buddhist
“The Buddhism practiced in the rest of the world is a non violent peace loving religion respecting all other religion”
Perhaps you are right. But Myanmar is in the same league as SL.
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bganendra / November 1, 2013
THE RAJAPAKSES – MURDEROUS FAMILY
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Fathima Fukushima / November 1, 2013
This is not SL’s tragedy. This is Tamils’ tragedy!
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Rajash / November 1, 2013
racist toxin from Fukushima nuclear waste
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Sama / November 1, 2013
All journalists should send all these to CW secretariat in LONDON so that they can make aware the candidates that are going to attend the meeting scheduled to be occurred in SRILANKA at the end of this month.
I have done my part, please others too, forward their comments to them directly.. so that they can help opening the eyes of most brutal leader of the ASIA – that is MR.
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Lankan / November 1, 2013
Its shocking to see the new video on Isai Priya. All law abiding citizens of Sri Lanka and all over the world should demand an independent war time inquiry into the war actions of both LTTE and the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka.
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Marwan / November 1, 2013
Where can we see it? Is it on Youtube?
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Jay Pathbey / November 1, 2013
These are terrorists who are hell bent on destroying and killing the peace loving people of this island. They needed to be exterminated.
Callum Macrae is a disgruntled shit stirrer just like that has been MGR’s hooker Jayalalitha and that crazy buffoon Karunanidhi.
Talking about these too India in general – India has over 1,200 million people and only 72 million Tamils – a mere 6% of the total population. India also has a land mass of 1.27 million square miles where as Tamil Nadu is only 50,000 square miles a mere 4% of the land area.
Why in the world does Manmohan Singh allow these minuscule population living in an insignificant land area (when compared to the rest of India be) to bully the Government and the silent majority in India.
Especially by the likes of Jayalalitha and Karunanidhi who have no education but the only experience is being the girl friend of an old actor MGR who himself is a celluloid movie heroes and the other a has been joker of some sort of yesteryear who pump up the equally uneducated and undisciplined populace of Tamil Nadu for political mileage.
Rules of the Jungle for the wild animal of the jungle. India cannot deal with democracy even though they are called the largest democracy in the free world – Pooh! They need a strong leader with an even stronger whip to straighten out the masses of these uneducated hooligans incited by two known rabble rousing jokers.
It is simply dangerous to the region. Remember the monkey who was given a razor, it cut it’s own tail first.
JP/USA
Note: I will not be surprised if blogger JAVI, who is a Tamil Nadu [Edited out] would repeat the above comments sentence at a time and spill the cow shit he got for a brain between his ears all over the comments column just like he has been doing for sometime. He need to come to Sri Lanka and get a proper education – Gota style.
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shankar / November 2, 2013
“Why in the world does Manmohan Singh allow these minuscule population living in an insignificant land area (when compared to the rest of India be) to bully the Government and the silent majority in India.”
you bloody fool,haven’t you read the umpteenth number of times that manmohan has said that he wants the tamils to live in peace and dignity.If you think that it is only tamilnadu that is influencing him and he is just a robot without human feelings,then you are judging him by your standards.That is why though he is not a politician but a technocrat,he is what he is today and you are what you are today.
If you don’t have empathy with fellow human beings who are suffering,you won’t have much success in life and that is your main problem.Nothing can be done about it sadly because it is genetic.
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sach / November 8, 2013
Nothing in this world is about human rights. It is all economic. The reality is the whole saga of HR in SL is truly NOT ABOUT HR. It is about taking revenge from SL gov for murdering terrorists. The Tamil LTTE supporters cannot swallow the defeat of LTTE.
If it is about Tamil’s human rights, why didnt the very same people didnt talk about LTTE shooting fleeing civilians? where was protest to ask the LTTE to stop shooting at Tamils? Where was protests to ask the LTTE to stop taking human shields?
And where was protest during the army offensive in East? The protests only started in the offensive against Wanni. Why? because what matered to them is LTTE and not people.
India has blood in its hands on this. What about the Anuradhapura massacre that killed Sinhala civilians along with support of India? The point is people in SL dont give a rat’s a$$ to what HR orgs says because they did nothing when LTTE was killing people in SL.
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Native Vedda / November 2, 2013
Jay Pathbey
“These are terrorists who are hell bent on destroying and killing the peace loving people of this island.”
Jay Pathetic
They are not peace loving people. Indeed they are piece loving people, they love every piece of my land.
“Rules of the Jungle for the wild animal of the jungle.”
You know nothing about the jungle nor the animals. Please keep away from my jungle and animals, entertain your people with Sinhala/Buddhism.
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Wickramasiri / November 2, 2013
Jay Pathbey,
“Why in the world does Manmohan Singh allow these minuscule population living in an insignificant land area (when compared to the rest of India be) to bully the Government and the silent majority in India.”
It should be obvious to you by now. It is because the Sri Lankan government is bullying the Tamil people. Leave them to live in peace with all human rights, and the Indians will lay off. Use your influence with the government to get this done.
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Safa / November 1, 2013
ICMP or the International Commission on Missing Persons is currently meeting in the Hague. It was established at the initiative of U.S. President Clinton in 1996 at the G-7 Summit in Lyon, France. Its primary role is to ensure the cooperation of governments in locating and identifying those who have disappeared during armed conflict or as a result of human rights violations. It is now looking at an expanded role throughout the world and it is likely that the missing in Sri Lanka too could figure within its scope of activities.
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Wickramasiri / November 2, 2013
Safa, A practical suggestion. The Commonwealth must get the President to agree to a role for this commission.
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nimal p.dunuhinga / November 2, 2013
Ethnic Cleansing!
“Yakada walata gulloh gahala nam, Haal nobala wisikaranda.” (If the bugs have eaten the iron, don’t even look at the rice, just throw it out. This is what has happened to the Sinhala Buddhists (iron). So don’t even look at the rice “(Tamils, Muslims, and Burghers.)-Dr.Jagath Asoka
Sir!
Under the Democratic Flag
If I write this on the Government test paper
Most probably I’ll be preferable
for the Guillotine?
Never mind thinking of the innocent exodus
I have to write here my humble opinion.
I believe in two nations & one religion;
‘Man & Woman…….then Humanity!’
(Motherhood is the second oldest profession in the world. It never questions age, height, religious preference, health, political affiliation, citizenship, morality, ethnic background, marital status, economic level, convenience, or previous experience.)
Erma Bombeck
nimal p.dunuhinga
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Native Vedda / November 3, 2013
nimal p.dunuhinga
“Motherhood is the second oldest profession in the world.”
The oldest profession is prostitution and spying is the second oldest profession.
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ela kolla / November 2, 2013
Army should have taken the ‘take no prisoners’ stand when it comes to tamil terrorists.
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Wickramasiri / November 2, 2013
ela kolla, That is the stand the army took. That was the mistake. The only stand any army can take is in the Geneva Convention.
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Kris / November 2, 2013
LTTE supporters who got killed, got what they did to other Sinhala, Tamil and Muslims. What is shown hrre is nothing compared to what LTTE did in boarder villages where they went in the nights and killed all people including the unborn by butchering pregnant women. Its amazing all tht was never discussed in international media and how those lifes were rated less. The crimes done by LTTE was clearly in the category of ethnic cleansing and violated all norms of war. If this vedio is true, all that I could say is that she got what she did to other innocent SriLankans!!!!!
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shankar / November 3, 2013
“she got what she did to other innocent SriLankans!!!!!”
Kris,issaipriya did not slash babies and kill the 600 surrendered policeman.karuna did and got what he deserved ministry and deputy chief of the SLFP.Can’t you understand the rajapakshe “apey miniha”doctrine.
Everything is forgotten if you are a “ape miniha”,but if you are not you will be landed in welikeda war hero or not,or be raped and killed like issaipriya,but if you are a ‘ape miniha’all is forgiven,you will be protected even if you are a cold blooded killer,not only that you will be given the best of everything that the countries chinese loans can afford.The doctrine puts out a clear message “come and join us”.
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sach / November 8, 2013
This is not about Karuna, we will do Karuna the same if circumstances ask for it. This is about another terrorist
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JimSofty / November 3, 2013
“The Sri Lankan government must allow a UN investigation into the fate of the disappeared”
Who wrote this article ?
Another Tamil who is still grieving that loss of TAMIL – EELAM ?
Paw da stupid Tamils.
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Native Vedda / November 3, 2013
JimSofty
Dim wit
“Another Tamil who is still grieving that loss of TAMIL – EELAM ?”
No probably a Sinhalese mother who has been grieving her disappeared children since late 1980s.
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Voice of Justise / November 4, 2013
There are people talk about the crimes committed by LTTE but mind you that the LTTE was not a elected body of the Tamils and it doesn’t have any bindings. It doesn’t mean that it could commit crimes against humanity.But the Govt.was elected and cannot kill its own people in the name of Democracy. It is accountable to people who elected it.People try to protect MARA by pointing out the killings committed by LTTE.What a Joke.Mara is answerable to local and international community as he bound with both laws.Don’t let him run away from responsibility.He is the one and only grade one criminal at the present world.God also will punish him soon,I pray.
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