Manuel Uthayachandra, the Mannar head of the Association of Relatives of Enforced Disappeared (ARED) condemned the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry for dismissing international involvement in investigating human rights abuses against Tamils in the North-East.
She says the Ministers that go from Sri Lanka claim an international investigation is not needed as a domestic investigation is sufficient. "We have no trust in the Sri Lankan government. For us, we need an international investigation, for those affected and disappeared relatives, but for these last 13 years, we have not received that".
"Since 2000, we have been protesting standing on the road, not for money, but because we want truth and justice for our children". Tamil families have spent decades demanding an international investigation into the enforced disappearances and the Tamil genocide as countless domestic mechanisms have failed to provide any justice or accountability.
Manuel Uthayachandra, #Mannar head of Association of Relatives of Enforced Disappeared (ARED) condemns #SriLanka Foreign Minister Ali Sabry rejecting international involvement in investigating #Humanrights abuses against #Tamils.
"We want international justice"@UNHumanRights pic.twitter.com/yc5mm2FJFp
— LankaFiles (@lankafiles) September 7, 2022
Several UN human rights experts, human rights activists and organizations have expressed their condemnation over the inconsequential progress made towards accountability for state-sanctioned enforced disappearances during the Tamil genocide.
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