Sunday, March 1, 2009

LTTE forcibly holding civilians-There is no genocide in Sri Lanka says Human Rights Watch representative

By Sujeeva Nivunhella in London

(TI)The Sri Lankan government is not committing genocide in the North, said Charu Lata Hogg of Human Rights Watch.

It is the LTTE which is forcibly holding innocent civilians as a human shield and shoot at them when they try to flee. There are certainly international guidelines which have to be met in a conflict situation. Sri Lanka cannot just be accused of genocide. Full Text