By H. L. D. Mahindapala
(DM)The Foreign Minister of UK,,David Milliband, and his French counterpart are in Colombo right now to put pressure on the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) to halt the offensive against the Tamil Tigers who are on their knees begging for a cease fire. So the objectives of the Tamil Tigers and the two visiting Foreign Ministers coincide. Coincidentally, both parties are raising human rights issues as the rationale for halting the offensive.
Not surprisingly the Asia Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), Brad Adams, has timed to announce a series of threats to the GOSL on the eve of their arrival. In his latest statement titled We cannot ignore Sri Lanka, he has threatened the GOSL with punitive measures if it does not yield to his political demands disguised as issues of human rights. He, in fact, goes out of his way to tell the visiting Foreign Ministers that they must “deliver a strong message to GOSL” on the following lines. Full text
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