{"id":28464,"date":"2014-03-01T21:24:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T02:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=28464"},"modified":"2014-03-01T21:24:48","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T02:24:48","slug":"tamil-national-alliance-reluctant-to-criticise-atrocities-committed-by-the-indian-peace-keeping-force-against-tamil-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=28464","title":{"rendered":"Tamil National Alliance Reluctant to Criticise Atrocities Committed by the Indian Peace Keeping Force Against Tamil Civilians."},"content":{"rendered":"

By Shailendree Wickrama Adittya and Sandun Jayawardana <\/strong><\/p>\n

With allegations of gross human rights violations committed against Tamil civilians in the North and East by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) starting to re-emerge, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has chosen to either stay silent or become evasive on whether the allegations need to be investigated.<\/p>\n

When questioned about an investigation into alleged atrocities committed by the IPKF during its time of operations in Sri Lanka (1987-1990), TNA Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said he does not wish to talk about the matter. He added that, requests for an investigation into crimes committed by the IPKF were a \u2018diversion of attention\u2019 from the crimes committed by the Sri Lankan armed forces. He said, \u201cThe Government must first look into matters\u201d regarding missing persons and war crimes.<\/p>\n

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Leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), V. Anandasangaree, who recently joined with the TNA to contest the Northern Provincial Council election, was also questioned by The Nation. However, he said he \u201ccan\u2019t contribute to a matter that happened 20 years ago,\u201d adding that \u201cthose people are dead and gone,\u201d and any crimes committed by the IPKF happened too long ago to be investigated. When asked if this implies any crimes committed by the Sri Lankan Government 20 years ago could also be left uninvestigated, Anandasangaree said he did not wish to comment further.<\/p>\n

TNA Parliamentarian E. Saravanapavan said calling for an investigation into alleged IPKF atrocities was a \u2018policy decision\u2019 that could only be arrived at after a meeting of the TNA\u2019s Central Committee. \u201cHowever, this issue has never cropped up at these (Central Committee) meetings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When queried as to why that was, and whether those who were victims of alleged IPKF atrocities did not deserve the same level of justice as those who were allegedly killed by the Sri Lanka Army, Saravanapavan said the IPKF had arrived in Sri Lanka \u201cpurely to support the Sri Lankan Government of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe IPKF tarnished its own image. It came in as a peacekeeping force and did something totally opposite. But there was no question that all this was done while supporting the Sri Lankan Government. As such, the Sri Lankan Government should be very careful about leveling allegations at the IPKF,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Saravanapavan said the focus right now should be on the final days of the war due to the \u201cgross human rights violations committed by the Sri Lankan security forces\u201d. \u201cPerhaps the attitude of the international community would have been different if the Sri Lankan Government had not made false statements to the world regarding how many people were trapped in the so-called no-fire-zone. They initially said only 70,000 but over 300,000 people ended up in the camps. The final phase was very brutal with thousands killed,\u201d he opined.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Presidential Commission to Investigate Complaints Regarding Missing Persons, revealed it had received a complaint against the IPKF while visiting country\u2019s North. However, the solitary complaint relates to a period outside the panel\u2019s purview, which is from June 10, 1990 to May 19, 2009. Chairman of the Commission Maxwell Parakrama Paranagama told The Nation last week the Government may widen the scope of the purview through a new gazette, so that it will be able to cover the IPKF period.
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\nCOURTESY:THE NATION<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Shailendree Wickrama Adittya and Sandun Jayawardana With allegations of gross human rights violations committed against Tamil civilians in the North and East by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) starting to re-emerge, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has chosen to either stay silent or become evasive on whether the allegations need to be investigated. …<\/p>\n

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