Officials connected to Bindunuweva Massacre receive promotion instead of penalty
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), based in New Delhi, revealed yesterday that the officials connected to the 2000 Bindunuweva Massacre have received promotions instead of penalties.
 Tamil youth were detained in Bindunuweva Rehabilitation camp, based upon the accusation that they were associated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In 2000, thugs entered the camp and killed 28 innocent detainees by shooting them. A Presidential Commission of Inquiry was formed by the Sri Lankan Government to investigate the incident and penalize those responsible for the massacre. A report was written and submitted to the Sri Lankan Government by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry one year after the incident, but was not released publicly and no actions were taken against those responsible. The AHRC obtained the Presidential Commission of Inquiry report unofficially and released the entire report in New Delhi. Sugart Sagma, AHRC President, noted that the report has indicated several accusations against police officials and five years later, no officials have been penalized. The current Ministry of Justice, John Seneveratne, stated that this incident occurred before his Ministry appointment and all police officials who were prosecuted have been released by the Sri Lankan Court. The Court acquitted the police officials based on insufficient evidence. The AHRC report asserted that President Chandrika Kumeratunga had no interest in taking action against the accused eight police officials and blamed the incident on “external forces.” Sagma stated, “the police officials who were responsible did not take any action to stop the massacre at the time of the incident because of the victims were Tamil.” Sagma also stated that the report claimed that United Nations Commission of Human Rights would be summoned to review the case, but this has not been done. The Presidential Commission of Inquiry was lead by Judge P.H.K. Kulatilaka. He administered the report to the Sri Lankan Government in 2002, and it has still not been released to the public in Sri Lanka because of the government-implemented “Law to Protect Secrecy.”
26 October 2005
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Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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