On Sri Lanka, Tamils "Shame Ban Ki-moon" at UN As Pillay Report Leaks

By Matthew Russell Lee

UNITED NATIONS, February 15 -- As the Sri Lanka resolution at the UN Human Rights Council in March grows closer, the Sunday Times has excerpted High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay's report, see below.  Meanwhile on February 12 Tamils protested in front of the UN in New York, chanting "Ban Ki-moon, shame on you," under the watchful eye of a Sinhalese UN Security officer known to report to the Sri Lanka mission to the UN (he asked a photograph for his photos of the protest -- he refused). This is the UN.

   The same United Nations Correspondents Association which screened the Rajapaksa government's denial of war crimes, "Lies Agreed To" complete with speech by Shavendra Silva (here recounted in Italian along with Reuters' censorship) is set for another in its propaganda film series. 

  Now, however, after UNCA tried to get Inner City Press thrown out of the UN, it is confronted by the new Free UN Coalition of Access, of which the photographer who refused is a member. FUNCA last week protested the withholding of any transcript of Ban Ki-moon's Q&A with UNCA; while Inner City Press covers and will continue to cover Ban's post Sri Lanka failure "Rights Up Front" plan, it appears that like Ukraine was not raised in UNCA's "secret" Q&A.

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Photo: #SriLanka Tamil demonstration in front of #UN Feb 12, 2014, they chant "shame on #BanKiMoon"

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