The Sri Lankan military's ban on any events commemorating dead Tamil fighters is barbaric and a gross violation of human rights, the TNA spokesperson, Suresh Premachandran, was quoted by the Uthayan as saying on Tuesday.
"During the final conflict, people were killed collectively, [so] it's unacceptable to tell us not to remember them together as groups," Mr. Premachandran said, criticising the military's statement that people could remember the dead individually in their own homes.
Highlighting the government's plans to celebrate the end of the armed conflict as a victory, Mr. Premachandran questioned the fairness of preventing Tamils from remembering their dead, and added that it was unacceptable to deny the Tamil people this right.
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