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The Tamil National Alliance TNA) said today that the LLRC report categorically fails to effectively and meaningfully deal with issues of accountability.
In its first reaction to the Report released last Friday, the TNA said the findings of the LLRC “offend the dignity” of those who came before it to testify.
“Several thousand Tamil civilians gave evidence before the LLRC. These civilians were the direct victims of the war. They recounted their experiences before the LLRC expecting justice and accountability on the basis of the truth. Yet the findings of the LLRC offend the dignity of these victims,” the TNA said in the statement.
The Party said that the allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both sides during the last stages of the war needed to be fully investigated.
“The LTTE had been accused of deliberately targeting civilians and using them as ‘human shields’. The Government of Sri Lanka had been accused of deliberately underestimating civilian numbers in the Vanni in order to deprive them of food and medical supplies, deliberately or recklessly endangering the lives of civilians in No-Fire Zones, targeting civilian objects including hospitals, and executing or causing the disappearance of unarmed surrendees,” the statement added.
The TNA also said that it had strong reservations about the composition of the Commission and its mandate and that these matters will be fully referred to in a comprehensive statement that the TNA will issue.
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