Tamil Nadu on Wednesday Sep 16,2015stepped up pressure on the Union
government for an international probe against alleged human rights
violations and war crimes committed in 2009 in Northern Sri Lanka.
In a resolution adopted in the Assembly, the State government sought
diplomatic efforts by India to change any possible pro-Sri Lanka stand
adopted by the United States in the UN rights body.
The Tamil Nadu Government led by J Jayalalithaa was referring to reports that the US, which earlier
favoured international probe into alleged human rights violations and
war crimes during the peak of hostilities in Sri Lanka in 2009, had
altered its stand now.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa told the Assembly that the US now reportedly
proposed internal probe by Colombo at the United Nations Human Rights
Council (UNHRC), and that it was “against natural justice.”
The resolution moved by Ms. Jayalalithaa said that India itself should
move a “strong resolution” at the UNHRC along with the US, seeking
international probe against those who had committed human rights
violations and war crimes in contravention to the international rules
and conventions.
“The Tamil Nadu Assembly requests the Government of India that if
America takes a stand supportive of Sri Lanka [at the UNHRC], then India
must take diplomatic efforts to change that,” the resolution, which was
unanimously adopted by the House, said.
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