Thursday, May 21, 2009
Chinese and Russian human rights abuse in Tamil Eelam
Tamils had been the favored class when the British ruled this island, then called Ceylon. After independence in 1948, the dominant Sinhalese excluded them from key jobs and education opportunities and banned any official use of the Tamil language.
Sri Lanka declared victory in its 26-year civil war on Tuesday after killing or capturing the last of the Tigers. Britain, the EU and Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary-General, have called for an investigation into allegations that both sides committed war crimes repeatedly, including firing on civilians. These crimes were allegedly sponsored with Chinese money.
European Union states are struggling to raise more than 17 votes on the 47-member Human Rights Council, dominated by a bloc led by China and Russia that has frequently prevented inquiries into human rights.
The US, which was elected to the Council last week after ending its boycott of the body, does not become a voting member until next month but is expected to speak at the meeting and could share its evidence with undecided members, diplomats said.
If the UN fails to back a war crimes inquiry Washington could use the images and others from commercial sources as evidence in its investigation, according to human rights activists.
IMO: It would be good if some of these war crimes are rectified and the culprits heavily punished, particularly the Russians and Chinese. Hopefully a lot of Sinhalese at least will go to jail for long periods of time, especially as they still do not seem to have stopped their evil activities. India has been also been affected very badly by Russian and Chinese human rights abuses. It is only recently that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has been quelled by Trinamool Congress, a centrist party which however welcomes support by any genuine if misguided socialists who are not simply Marxists or Maoists. The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has been illegal for some time now, and its members are shot on sight by police. These CPI organisations were allowed legality for awhile as India respects the freedom of individuals, but this sometimes feels a bit like letting the Guantanimo detainees free in a US suburban shopping mall, rather than somewhere like Qatar. I blame colonialism by USA, Russia and now China, and largely formerly the UK.. These uncivilised nations should be curbed in their harmful activities. China is worst, and often not understanding the bad effects of some of its activities on its own citizens, is the most needed to be disciplined.
Sri Lanka declared victory in its 26-year civil war on Tuesday after killing or capturing the last of the Tigers. Britain, the EU and Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary-General, have called for an investigation into allegations that both sides committed war crimes repeatedly, including firing on civilians. These crimes were allegedly sponsored with Chinese money.
European Union states are struggling to raise more than 17 votes on the 47-member Human Rights Council, dominated by a bloc led by China and Russia that has frequently prevented inquiries into human rights.
The US, which was elected to the Council last week after ending its boycott of the body, does not become a voting member until next month but is expected to speak at the meeting and could share its evidence with undecided members, diplomats said.
If the UN fails to back a war crimes inquiry Washington could use the images and others from commercial sources as evidence in its investigation, according to human rights activists.
IMO: It would be good if some of these war crimes are rectified and the culprits heavily punished, particularly the Russians and Chinese. Hopefully a lot of Sinhalese at least will go to jail for long periods of time, especially as they still do not seem to have stopped their evil activities. India has been also been affected very badly by Russian and Chinese human rights abuses. It is only recently that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has been quelled by Trinamool Congress, a centrist party which however welcomes support by any genuine if misguided socialists who are not simply Marxists or Maoists. The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has been illegal for some time now, and its members are shot on sight by police. These CPI organisations were allowed legality for awhile as India respects the freedom of individuals, but this sometimes feels a bit like letting the Guantanimo detainees free in a US suburban shopping mall, rather than somewhere like Qatar. I blame colonialism by USA, Russia and now China, and largely formerly the UK.. These uncivilised nations should be curbed in their harmful activities. China is worst, and often not understanding the bad effects of some of its activities on its own citizens, is the most needed to be disciplined.
# posted by uv : 8:07 PM
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