{"id":122912,"date":"2014-04-08T17:29:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T11:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=122912"},"modified":"2014-04-23T14:33:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T09:03:59","slug":"sri-lankas-terrorist-list-is-a-modern-version-of-mccarthyism-brad-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankas-terrorist-list-is-a-modern-version-of-mccarthyism-brad-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka’s Terrorist List Is A Modern Version Of McCarthyism – Brad Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe government is putting all Tamil activists at risk by delegitimizing the major Tamil organizations abroad, Putting organizations engaged in peaceful political activity on a terrorist list<\/span><\/a> is a modern version of McCarthyism.\u201d says Brad Adams<\/span><\/a>, the Asia director Human Rights Watch (HRW).<\/p>\n

Issuing a statement on the Sri Lankan government\u2019s decision to label 16 overseas Tamil organizations as financers of terrorism, the HRW says; “it is so broad that it appears aimed at restricting peaceful activism by the country\u2019s Tamil minority, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should provide evidence of the unlawful activity of specific groups and individuals or remove them from the list.”<\/p>\n

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Brad Adams<\/p><\/div>\n

On April 4, 2014, External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris<\/span><\/a> made public an order signed on March 20, on the advice of the defense secretary, freezing the assets and financial resources of entities ranging from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE<\/span><\/a>), which was militarily defeated in 2009, to nonviolent Tamil organizations around the world.<\/p>\n

Chief Military spokesman Brig. Ruwan Wanigasuriya\u00a0reportedly<\/a><\/span>\u00a0said that under the order, legal action would be taken against anyone having links with the listed groups. This would place local activists and alleged group members visiting the country at risk of\u00a0being detained<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and held without charge under\u00a0Sri Lanka<\/a><\/span>\u2019s abusive Prevention of Terrorism Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sri Lankan government is using vague counterterrorism regulations to tie the major diaspora Tamil groups to the ruthless but defunct LTTE,\u201d said\u00a0Brad Adams. \u201cThis broad-brush sanction could then be used to punish local Tamil activists and politicians with international ties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka\u2019s United Nations Regulation No. 1 of 2012 empowers the government to designate individuals, groups or entities believed to \u201ccommit or attempt to commit or participate in or facilitate the commission of, terrorist acts\u201d and freeze their financial assets and economic resources. The government\u2019s order provides no factual basis for its actions. Most of the groups listed in the order are lawfully registered entities in the various countries in which they are based. The asset freeze also covers 424 individuals.<\/p>\n

The government should address its legitimate concerns about foreign terrorist financing primarily through legal cooperation with foreign governments. It should promptly produce the factual basis for listing, and ensure organizations and individuals are able to contest their designations before independent and impartial courts.<\/p>\n

United Nations Resolution No. 1 is derived from UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001), passed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, and requires countries to freeze assets and entities of those \u201cwho commit or attempt to commit terrorist acts or participate in or facilitate the commission of terrorist acts.\u201d Human Rights Watch has extensively\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0on how Resolution 1373 has provided governments broad leeway to create vague and overbroad definitions of terrorist activity and to curtail basic rights.<\/p>\n

In 2009, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that Resolution 1373, by serving as a vehicle for \u201cnumerous\u201d countries to enact provisions that derogate from international human rights treaties, has had \u201ca very serious negative impact on human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2010, the then-UN special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, Martin Scheinin, said in his final report to the UN General Assembly that the counterterrorism regime created by the Security Council \u201ccontinues to pose risks to the protection of a number of international human rights standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Government statements on the asset freezes did not allay concerns of future rights abuses. The chief of national intelligence, Maj. Gen. Kapila Hendawitharana\u00a0said<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that those having dealings with the listed persons and organizations could continue to do so as long as they do not violate Sri Lanka\u2019s constitution or collect money for terrorism, but did not specify further exactly what actions would be prohibited. Hendawitharana also left open the possibility that the government might issue an outright ban on the persons and organizations listed, and said that more could be added.<\/p>\n

Related posts;<\/p>\n

Gota\u2019s Banning Gazette Contains List Of 16 Tamil Diaspora Orgs And 424 Individuals<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

WikiLeaks:\u00a0A Recent Report From Human Rights Watch Highlighted The Role Of Canadian Tamils In funding \u201cThe Final War\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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