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U.N. Official Calls for Probe of Sri Lanka War Crimes

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Posted on May 26, 2009
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As many as 300,000 people are held in Sri Lanka’s internally displaced persons camps, where the government has strictly limited media and aid worker access.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said both sides in Sri Lanka’s civil war “grossly disregarded the fundamental principle of the inviolability of civilians.” She has called for an “independent and credible international investigation,” although she’s up against the notoriously impotent U.N. Human Rights Council and a bristling Sri Lankan government.

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Sri Lanka’s ambassador to the UN, Dayan Jayatilleka, said it was “outrageous” to suggest that the government should be investigated.

The country’s resolution has been supported by India, whose representative to the council said his country had “serious reservations about the objectives and usefulness” of the session.

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By Purple Girl, May 27, 2009 at 5:33 am Link to this comment

Where the Hell is the UN on the War Crimes committed by the Bush Admin?
Lets stop this mutal mastrabatory exercise regarding what constituties torture, It’s Out of Our Hands!
These WEre not OUR Citizens that were subjected to Rendition,Torture, foreign Black Sites or assasinations- these were Foreign nationals. Thus is follows WE have no Right to determine if WE committed WAr Crimes Against them.
Every Facet of our Gov’t - All three Branches, Every agency and organization has been implciated as complicite or accomplices- Our entire Legal, Legislative and Military realms are Co Defendents in these International High Crimes.
To end this ridiculous Rhetoical Debate We must hand these investigations and Prosecutions over to those countries which have a True objective perspective- give it to the Swiss!
Once a verdict of Guilty is handed down,We may then proceed with Charges of Abuse of Power and Treason which facilitated these WAr crimes and Crimes against Humanity. There can be no cry of ‘Political Witch Hunt’ is the Internationals have deemed these actions Illegal. Nor can we ignore the Acts which lent themselves to the commission of these International Crimes. Cheney,Rummy and Wolfie usurped the power of the Presidency (“Basically”??), W weilded executive powers to the point of Abuse and Lying to the American People, undermining our constitutional Rights and control over Gov’t Affairs was Treason.
come on UN Prove you ahve some Teeth - some Authority in th eInterantional Community and over Global Affairs- levy War Crime Charges aganist the Bush Admin!

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