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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Monday, May 15, 2017
Protest in Pungudutivu over transfer of murder case
14 May 2017
A
demonstration took place in Pungudutivu on Thursday, with dozens of
Tamils protesting against a move to transfer the case of the rape and
murder of a Tamil schoolgirl to a court in Colombo, in front of three
Sinhala speaking judges.
The
rape and murder of schoolgirl Sivaloganathan Vithya set off massive
protests across the Tamil North-East, with demands that the perpetrators
be held accountable. Two years on, and a trial is yet to begin.
Relatives
of the murdered schoolgirl, alongside other locals, protested against
an attempt to move the case to Colombo, instead of letting the trial
take place in Jaffna, before Tamil speaking judges.
Not
only would the transfer of the case mean that judges will have to
listen to evidence and testimonies in translation, but it would also
mean that “entire non summary inquiries will have to be translated into
Tamil leading to further delay in the commencement of the trial” said
the protestors.
A letter addressed to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri
Lanka also added that “the conduct of the case in Colombo would also be
in violation of the language rights of the affected party enshrined in
the Constitution”.
“But more importantly, the transfer of the case... will greatly affect public confidence in the judiciary,” it added.
See the full text of the letter below.