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German Parliamentary Group calls for more pressure on Sri Lanka

The Social Democratic Party’s parliamentary group at the Bundestag has proposed a motion to urge the German government to act on Sri Lanka.

The motion details the accusations made by UN reports, including torture and abuse, extra-judicial killings and violence against women, singling out Tamil women as victims of the military and the police.

Tamil protests in the north-east late last year were mentioned in the motion, which called on Germany’s development project, focussed on conflict prevention and peace consolidation, to play an active role in improving cooperation between the government and Tamils.

The motion further says that the government lacks political will to neutrally address war crimes and crimes against humanity and to reconcile Tamils with the Singhalese.

It calls upon Germany to play an active role in the UN Human Rights Council and urge Sri Lanka to address issues, including the abolishment of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, address human rights violations, end torture and arbitrary arrests, and to stop the culture of impunity and punish all perpetrators of crimes.

See motion in full here.

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