{"id":37361,"date":"2012-04-05T23:28:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T23:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=37361"},"modified":"2012-04-05T23:30:06","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T23:30:06","slug":"the-major-general-prasanna-de-silva-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-major-general-prasanna-de-silva-case\/","title":{"rendered":"The Major General Prasanna De Silva Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0European Center\u00a0\u00a0For\u00a0Constitutional And Human Rights-\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

5 April 2012<\/em>\u00a0The Sri Lankan Major General Prasanna De Silva is defense attach\u00e9 at the Sri Lankan High Commission in London since September 2010. According to a report by\u00a0The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, De Silva\u2019s withdrawal is expected within the next days. A reason for the withdrawal is a 28-pages background dossier supported by ECCHR on the alleged involvement of De Silva in war crimes committed during the last months of the Sri Lankan civil war (January – May 2009). The dossier was prepared by the Society for Threatened Peoples Switzerland with the support of ECCHR and TRIAL.<\/div>\n
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Major General Prasanna De Silva<\/p><\/div>\n

This dossier had been submitted to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and to the Prime Minister on 24 January 2012. Prepared on the basis of authoritative and reliable sources, including the United Nations Panel of Experts report, the dossier includes detailed information on allegedly targeted attacks on the civilian population and hospitals allegedly carried out by troops commanded by Major General De Silva in the North of Sri Lanka. The authors conclude that there is sufficient evidence against Mr. De Silva to prompt a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The British Government has known about Major General De Silva\u2019s presence for some time. In October 2011 the Foreign Office stated that it was aware of the allegations against Mr. De Silva, but that there was no concrete evidence against him. Furthermore, Mr. De Silva could only be prosecuted in the UK after his diplomatic immunity had been waived. The Foreign Office has not taken any steps to end Mr. De Silva\u2019s immunity neither after receiving the background dossier in January, nor after a dialogue with the authoring organizations in March. The dossier was then also sent to the Crown Prosecution Service and Metropolitan Police.<\/p>\n

The British Government has in the past expressed its disappointment in the failure of the Sri Lankan authorities to adequately investigate the countless credible allegations of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in Sri Lanka. The case of Major General De Silva presented an opportunity for the British Government to show through concrete judicial and political steps that it is indeed unacceptable for suspects of these crimes to escape justice. However, it failed to act.<\/p>\n

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