As War Ends, Human Rights Violations Come to the Front


(By Hayley Lucas, The Bi-College News, Wednesday, November 18th, 2009) - To address war crimes that were committed on both sides, Amnesty is calling upon the United Nations to urge Sri Lankan to allow humanitarian organizations to investigate the war zone. Simultaneously, Amnesty International is employing the same letter-writing technique to encourage the Sri Lankan government to protect journalists and to investigate the deaths of those journalists who have been killed.

Some may claim that Amnesty International’s goals are set too high. However, in addressing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka both by the government and the LTTE, the international community should focus on all of the aspects of these abuses. From military attacks on civilian populations in the war zone, to the detention of 280,000 Tamil civilians against their will, to the unsolved murders of 14 journalists, no one aspect overshadows another. By publicizing all facets of human rights abuses in an unbiased way, Amnesty International has proven, yet again, that it will not allow these violations of the rights of mankind to go unnoticed. More …

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