Our "Crimes Against Humanity" report now available in Tamil and Sinhala

සිංහල -29/05/2014

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We are pleased to announce that the executive summary, introduction, and selected excerpts of our Crimes Against Humanity report have now been translated into Sinhala and Tamil.

Click here to read it in Sinhala

Click here to read it in Tamil

The report presents credible allegations pointing to the commission of crimes against humanity by Sri Lankan security forces during the five years since the civil war ended. 

This report was the first to allege that the Government's subsequent actions after the war and through to the present day also point to the commission of such crimes. These findings underscore the urgent need to demand accountability now, for both post-war and wartime violations. Yasmin Sooka's subsequent report on sexual violence backed up these findings.

This report makes the legal case for an investigation into post-war violations using the framework of international criminal law. It relies on public source reports of post-war violations that have been assessed as credible, corroborating these reports with 26 in-country interviews with survivors, attorneys, journalists, and human rights campaigners.

Some of these stories are truly horrible. The report documents 20 incidents involving rape, and two further incidents involving sexual assault, 12 incidents involving torture, eight other incidents involving severe violence, nine incidents of arbitrary arrest, four incidents involving murder, and two incidents involving disappearance. In all cases the perpetrators were members of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces or the Police, and the victims were Tamils from the Northern Province. These incidents have all previously been reported upon, but this report demonstrates that they can be linked together as part of a systemic attack on the civilian population of the Northern Province by members of the Sri Lankan Security apparatus. 

Click here to read it in Tamil

Tamil-translation-upload (1)Our 'Crimes Against Humanity' Report Now Available in Tamil and Sinhala by nelvely

Click here to read it in Sinhala

Sinhala-translation-upload (1) (1)Our 'Crimes Against Humanity' Report Now Available in Tamil and Sinhala by nelvely