The perpetrators of mass atrocities continue to enjoy “total freedom” under the current Sri Lankan government said the Student’s Union at the University of Jaffna, in a statement released to mark 7 years since the massacres of 2009.
“The painful thoughts remain as unhealed wounds in our hearts even today, and the memories of this day, that year, recollect in our minds once again,” said the statement.
“The justice that was denied for the innocent people who laid down their lives on that day, is now become a covered up justice,” it continued. “Under the guise of good governance, the government has extended total freedom to those who committed these heinous crimes, and without subjecting them to interrogation.”
The statement went on to add:
“Oh, dear brethren, just because of the simple reason of speaking the Tamil language, a massacre led by racial chauvinism was unleashed against everybody ranging from the foetus to the elderly person on a bed.”
“We all pay homage with real passion to all our relatives killed on this black day, so that their souls may rest in peace, and to seek justice for them.”
See the full text of the statement in Tamil below.
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