{"id":76066,"date":"2013-03-06T12:38:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T12:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=76066"},"modified":"2013-03-13T13:47:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T13:47:52","slug":"u-s-alarmed-by-peaceful-protestors-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/u-s-alarmed-by-peaceful-protestors-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Alarmed By Peaceful Protestors\u2019 Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The U.S. Embassy is concerned about reports that hundreds of Sri Lankan family members of the disappeared were blocked in Vavuniya by Sri Lankan authorities while traveling to Colombo.\u00a0 These family members are calling for information about their missing loved ones.\u00a0 The Embassy calls upon Sri Lankan authorities to allow free movement of these citizens.\u00a0 The right to freely express opinions is universal and protected under Sri Lankan and international law.&#8221; says the US Embassy Colombo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 5th March 2013 the family members, who were travelling to Colombo\u00a0to participate in a protest campaign and to hand over a petition to UN\u00a0regarding their disappeared relatives, were blocked in Vavuniya by a\u00a0joint operation of the police and the military.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States is constructively working with international partners to support of these basic freedoms through the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution in Geneva.\u00a0 We continue to urge the Government of Sri Lanka to follow through on its own commitments to its people by implementing recommendations made in their Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Report.\u00a0 The LLRC recommends thorough investigations into disappearances as well an establishment of a mechanism to address cases of the missing and detained.\u00a0 Since last year\u2019s UNHRC resolution the United States has grown increasingly concerned by the lack of progress on these issues, as well as backsliding on other important areas of fundamental democratic rights.\u00a0 All Sri Lankans should enjoy the same rights and live in dignity, sharing a democratic, secure, and prosperous future.&#8221; \u00a0the Embassy further says.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Samarasinghe&amp;x=12&amp;y=6\">Mahinda Samarasinghe<\/a><\/span>, the Sri Lankan envoy on Human rights\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/we-need-time-and-space-mr-president\/\">said last week<\/a><\/span>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Government is in the process of devising measures to pay compensation to the owners of properties within such areas or provide them with alternate land. 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