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[Recent events of concerns
1. In November 2006, Ambassador Alan Rock, Special Advisor to the UN Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict, after a 10-dy field trip reported that the GOSL was aiding and abetting the Tamil militant group working with the Government to conscript child soldiers. This is a serious indictment of the GOSL. 2. The 2007 Amnesty International Report on Sri Lanka with The human rights situation in Sri Lanka deteriorated dramatically. Commenting on the future of the UN Human Rights Council, Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International addressing the Council in Geneva on 15 March 2007, said that - it dithered on Sri Lanka and took no action - with killings and abductions continuing with impunity. 3. In October 2007, Manfred Novak, the UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on Torture visited Sri Lanka and reported that torture was widespread. He commented on conditions in detention centers where 28,000 were being held in a system meant for 6,200. 4. A few days later (9-12 October 2007) the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, visited Sri Lanka, focusing mainly on abductions and disappearances which have been reported in alarming numbers in the past two years Addressing the UN Human Rights Council meeting in December 2007, she said, I have suggested that the Government would benefit from the support of a presence of OHCHR in the country, with a full mandate incorporating technical assistance and public reporting More details of what she said is given below. The GOSL rejected her suggestion as gratuitous. 5. On 16 January 2008, the GOSL unilaterally withdrew from the Ceasefire Agreement with the LTTE, paving the way for an escalation in the conflict, irrespective of the magnitude of the civilian casualties, almost all Tamil civilians in the North and East. The Nordic Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission was told that they were no longer necessary, and were asked to leave the country. 6. In just the past few weeks, foreign passport-holders have had their visas terminated. These included Dr Rama Mani, the Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies. Her crime was that she supported the concept of Gareth Evans (see below), that the State has a Responsibility to Protect its people. Others, including those working in UN agencies and the Berghoff Foundation have also had their visas terminated. Clearly the international witnesses are being expelled from Sri Lanka before a massive assault on civilians.] |
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