Tamil National Alliance MP M .A. Sumanthiran said his party demanded an international mechanism of accountability for the mass killings of tens of thousands of Tamils, during a meeting with senior US officials earlier this week.
Colombo Mirror quoted Mr Sumanthiran as stating the party had “demanded for an international accountability mechanism” when meeting with US Assistant Secretaries Nisha Biswal and Tom Malinowski this week.
He also added that the TNA raised the issues of “the immediate release of political prisoners, return of lands and steps to be taken to speedily address the cases of disappearances”.
Earlier this week Assistant Secretary Biswal commented on her meeting with the TNA, reassuring them their demands were heard. She said,
“We heard from them on their concerns, their expectations, and they’ve been quite clear and quite public in their call for an international process and mechanism... We’ve reiterated again that we have been a strong voice for advancing issues of accountability and reconciliation and we will continue to be a strong voice”.
See our earlier post:
Inquiry must be credible with 'some degree of international involvement' - US (27 Aug 2015)
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