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DMK calls for UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka

The DMK general council has passed a resolution calling on Indian to push for an "independent international probe" into human rights violations in Sri Lanka at the upcoming United Nations Human Rights Council session in March 2014.

The resolution also called for the implementation of the 13th Amendment as “interim relief” for the island’s Tamils.

Meeting on Saturday, the party resolved,

“While insisting for India to move and adopt a resolution in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a credible and independent international probe into (alleged) war crimes and human rights violations against Tamils, this general council insists that as an interim relief, the Indian government should at least press Sri Lanka for the implementation of the 13th Amendment".

The council went on to slam the current state of the 13th Amendment and its implementation, noting,

"The Northern Province headed by C.V. Wigneswaran has been vested only with watered down powers. Land administration and home department, including police continue to be in the hands of the Sri Lankan government. The governor of the province and President Mahinda Rajapaksa can reject or accept any proposals of the provincial government".

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