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By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam welcomes Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Dr Jayalalithaa\u2019s call to the Indian government to move a separate resolution to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC and calls upon all governments to follow her lead.” says\u00a0TGTE.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PM - TGTE - Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran<\/p><\/div>\n

Nimal Vinayagamoorthy, TGTE<\/a><\/span> Minister for Economic Development and Environment said he is pleased that the Chief Minister has once again called for economic sanctions against Sri Lanka: \u201cI welcome the strong stand the Chief Minister has taken in calling for economic sanctions against Sri Lankaand her reiteration of the resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly. I urge the Indian government to heed her demand and for all other governments including UNHRC<\/a><\/span> members to follow her lead and give their support for such a resolution,\u201d the Minister stated, renewing TGTE\u2019s call for a UN Security Council sponsored embargo against Sri Lanka and for an ICC referral to look into the charge of genocide against Sri Lanka\u2019s political and military leaders in addition to war crimes and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

TN Assembly resolution of June 2011 had asked the Indian Central Government \u201cto initiate action by working with other nations for imposition of an economic embargo on the Sri Lankan government and declare perpetrators of genocide as war criminals, till the Tamils living in camps are resettled in their own places and allowed to live with dignity, self-respect and equal constitutional rights on par with the Sinhalese.”<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only has the Sri Lankan President ruled out any autonomy for the Tamil people, he has rejected all calls for accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide\u201d the Minister added, expressing condemnation \u201cat the ongoing structural genocide that\u2019s taking place in the NorthEast to obliterate the Tamil Nation, not to mention the breakdown of the rule of law, the complete erosion of democratic values, torture and detention without charge and disappearance without trace of Tamils under the PTA, rape and violence against Tamil women and the impeachment of the Chief Justice among other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Citing Reuters and referring to the latest UN High Commissioner Ms Navi Pillay<\/a><\/span>\u2019s report, post UPR, that found \u201cabductions and killings continue inSri Lanka,\u201d which decried the \u201clack of progress in war time investigations,\u201d the Minister was clear-cut in his views that the international community cannot idle anymore. Underscoring Ms Pillay\u2019s call to \u201cauthorities to allow \u00a0international experts in criminal and forensic investigations to help resolve outstanding wartime crimes and end impunity,\u201d the Minister urged the international community to initiate an international independent investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moment of truth has arrived, time for India and the UN to act and act decisively,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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