Comments on: “No” to UN Human Rights Office but “Yes” to Expanded UN Role in Sri Lanka

By: NIsh

NIsh — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:08:24 +0000

Sorry? .. Did anybody say “UN..you need to go to Iraq, North Korea, Iran or China before you come to Sri Lanka to monitor HR violations..”?

By: Nexus

Nexus — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:27:43 +0000

Again the UN tries to regain some battered credibility on the HR front by attempting to bully a weaker member who is facing a unrelenting terror onslaught.

We can all judge how sincere the UN is on human rights by the stead fast silence on the gross injustices that happen daily in China to members of Faloung Gong and student democratic parties and also the lack of call for UN mission to India, Punjab for example where Muslims are subjected to frequent human rights abuses including riots which killed over 2,000 as recently as 2004.

If you want to help the people of Sri Lanka including the Tamils work with the democratically elected government to eliminate the tiger war lord who enslaves children and routinely send out suicide squads to target civilians.

Age old story. One rule for the big boys and one rule for the small, GET SERIOUS UN.

By: An Anti-Sinhala fascists European

An Anti-Sinhala fascists European — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:46:05 +0000

Why these Sinhalas refuse Human Rights Commission ?
Why these Sinhalas still not condemned the soldiers responsible for the massacre of Humanitarian Aid Workers in Muttur ??

The answer is CLEAR. No need to be an Einstein. Sinhalas are true hypocrite. They have enough balls to call LTTE a terrorist group but they have enough dignity to critic their own terrorist state.

EU, UN, USA, and Japs , you all should take appropriate actions this failed corrupted state.. Don’t loose your money and military hardware giving it to terrorist-hypocrites.. Be clever, give this money to your own citizens and dont give it to Sri Lankan terrorists.

None should help terrorists who kill innocents and who close them in open prison. Thats against Human Rights ! We, Europeans have blood on our hands. We should stop to sponsor bloody wars, and even less give money and weapons to racist TERRORIST like the hypocrite Sri Lankan government !

Truth is Truth.

By: Chana

Chana — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:25:11 +0000

I don’t agree with Ratna’s comments. These are the facts which needs to be told. Who says that there’s no war. There’s a war. Itr’s true that there may be instances where human rights violations as it has happened in war situations in other parts of the world. What is the situation wheb arresting a hardcore terrorist who is in wellawatte getting ready to explode a vehicle bomb? This was as a result of cordoned search operations by police and army. For the LTTE supporters this may be a human rights violations but otthers it’s an operation whichb saved many innocent lives.

We should tell other countries to not to lay their hand in our internal affairs.

By: S.Sarvan

S.Sarvan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:24:01 +0000

The government does not want the UN office because it does not want its criminal soldiers to be caught.

It will protect its soldiers till they finish the genocide of Tamils.

By: Sam Thambipillai

Sam Thambipillai — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:20:25 +0000

The truth is the truth, not because it is right or wrong, it just is.

The answer to the question as to why the government of Sri Lanka does not want to accept the establishment of a UN human rights office as proposed by the UN commissioner is simple and obvious. The truth is that it does want its criminal soldiers punished.

This week, the European Union(EU) released a statement on the aftermath of the abduction of the relatives of the law makers in Batticaloa. They conclusively and clearly stated, without any doubt whatsoever that the abduction of civilians is a terrorist act. The EU is unequivocally correct.

Taking that same definition of a terrorist and applying it to the abduction of civilians by the soldiers in the North East, one can even close his eyes and conclusively say that the soldiers are commiting very serious acts of terror.

State terror in the North East is not limited to mere abductions. Torture, murder, disappearances, arbitrary arrests, rape, collective punishment, displacement, depriving freedoms and the like are extreme manifestations of state terror rampant in the North East.

The state imposing terror on its own citizens is like a father raping his own daughter, whom he should love and protect. It is seriusly criminal. It is punishable. But the urgency would be to separate the daughter who is being victimised from the animal behaviour of a senseless father.

With all these observations, why is the EU, International Community and the UN still shaking hands with leaders in Sri Lanka who have blood in their hands? Why are they not trying to separate the daughter who is being victimised?

By: jan

jan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:05:36 +0000

Human Rights , Democracy are the new found mechanics of the west to make governance in the third world impossible unless the governments agree tobe subseviant to the west and agree to work agaist national interests and protect interest of the west.Unfortunately the UN under Mr Moon has been highjacked by west. First and foremost the west should clean its own stables. for a start she should stop allowing the LTTE to fund its terrorist activities from the west which is a violating the human rights of the citizens of sri lanka.

By: joseph C.

joseph C. — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:37:41 +0000

Come on Mr. Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleka why does the government of Sri Lanka fear the presence of a UN human rights office on the island ? Does the government fear that if a UN human rights office is set up in Sri Lanka all the wrong doings and violations are exposed to the world and there will be sanctions etc. etc..? When you say “Western governments need to put their houses in order before they criticize us” whom do you refer to? Doesn’t it sound accepting the fact that severe human rights violations do occur in Sri Lanka and pointing the finger to those who raise the issue. Do not blame the war. Who does want the war in Sri Lanka? How many want to make money out of it?
Come on wake up you Sri Lankans and stop the killings of your fellow citizens and destruction of the country in the name of fighting to free the people.

By: Mario. P

Mario. P — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:16:56 +0000

Well said Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleka, short and sweet. This is so true ” get your house in order before you criticise mine”. This applies to that donkey Ranil W as well, looser

By: ratna

ratna — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:31:01 +0000

Look like he is speaking on behalf of LTTE too.
I am sure LTTE will be very pleased with DJ’s replies:
- we’re in a war, these things happen
- we don’t want to be preacehd by other countries
-many of them have connections to intelligence agencies

Another GHD speech.