{"id":126110,"date":"2014-06-17T00:24:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T18:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=126110"},"modified":"2014-06-17T08:30:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T03:00:07","slug":"pillay-alarmed-by-intercommunal-violence-calls-for-end-to-hate-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/pillay-alarmed-by-intercommunal-violence-calls-for-end-to-hate-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Pillay Alarmed By Intercommunal Violence, Calls For End To Hate Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay<\/span><\/a> expressed her deep alarm Monday at inter-communal violence taking place in south-western Sri Lanka in which two, or possibly three, people have reportedly been killed and scores injured.<\/p>\n

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Navi Pillay<\/p><\/div>\n

The violence erupted on Sunday 15 June in the town of Aluthgama<\/span><\/a> following a large rally of the Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena<\/span><\/a> (BBS) to protest an alleged assault a few days earlier by a Muslim youth against the visiting monk at the local temple.<\/p>\n

After the rally, violence erupted on both sides as the BBS and supporters moved in procession through Muslim neighbourhoods, allegedly chanting anti-Muslim slogans.\u00a0 Homes, shops and mosques were reportedly attacked and some set ablaze. Despite a curfew and deployment of approximately 1,200 police, violence apparently continued into the night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government must urgently do everything it can to arrest this violence, curb the incitement and hate speech which is driving it, and protect all religious minorities,\u201d the High Commissioner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very concerned this violence could spread to Muslim communities in other parts of the country,\u201d Pillay continued.\u00a0 \u201cThe authorities must immediately bring the perpetrators of such attacks to book and make it clear to the religious leadership on both sides, and to political parties and the general public, that there is no place for inflammatory rhetoric and incitement to violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, the security forces must use appropriate measures to contain the situation and ensure this tragic situation is not compounded by any excessive use of force,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

During her visit to Sri Lanka in August 2013, and in her subsequent reports to the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner warned about the rising level of attacks against religious minorities and the incitement of violence by Sinhala Buddhist nationalist groups.\u00a0 The Government had promised amendments to enhance existing provisions of the Penal Code and ICCPR Act with regard to hate speech, but these have yet to be adopted.<\/p>\n

The Human Rights Council in March 2014 expressed its alarm at the significant surge in attacks against members of religious minority groups in Sri Lanka, including Hindus, Muslims and Christians.<\/p>\n

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