Reconciliation without Truth in Sri Lanka?

18 May, 2011 

South Africa had a Truth and Reconciliation commission presided over by Desmond Tutu. Human Rights activists who looked forward to Reconciliation and peace at the end of the civil war in 2009, expected the LLRC (The Lessons learnt and reconciliation commission) to play the same role. But it did not due to various reasons. The main obstacle being that witnesses who came forward to give evidence before the commission were not given protection. There can be no peace or national unity without reconciliation and reconciliation has to be based on Truth and Accountability.                       Continue reading » 
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Implementation of the UN Expert panel report on Sri Lanka – a moral imperative

18-May-2011

Guest Column: By Sivanendran
 

“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” – Thomas Jefferson 

Jefferson’s caustic comment unwittingly defined the situation of present day Sri Lanka with a prescience that appears lost on much of the current analysis pertaining to this conflict. The rivalry there between the Sri Lankan government (Sinhala) on one side and the Tamils on the other has thus far defied a solution. The former, with significant military strength still in the field, refuse to agree on a political settlement with the Tamils and continues with the militarization of Tamil society. The latter, with the support of its sympathizers (Jefferson’s “world”) insist that the problem will remain unsolvable until the Sri Lankan government pay dearly for their aggression and self governance is established in occupied Tamil land. This argument has become such a cause celebre that any semblance of rational debate has been precluded.     Full Story>>>

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