Navi Pillay says, she is ‘Open-minded’?
Posted on August 24th, 2013
P.A.Samaraweera, Australia
UN Human Rights Chief, Navi Pillay, a South African national of South Indian Tamil Origin, arrives in Sri Lanka on 25th August for a week. The invitation for her to visit Sri LankaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ had been extended two years agoƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ so that she canƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ see for herself the efforts of the govt on reconciliation, reconstruction and rehabilitation after the war.
In an interview just before her departure to Sri Lanka, she had said, that she is ‘open-minded’ and sheƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ will not be pre-judging anything ahead of her visit. Then she had said that, ‘she wanted to find out more andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ discussƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ about the massacre of 17 aid workers, from the Charity Action Contre La Faim (ACF), 7 years ago as well as the disappearance of 5 students on the beach in Trincomalee in 2006. She had added, ‘I would like to see similar investigations into other grave violations of human rights in Sri Lanka’. Thus having said ‘open-minded’ she had highlighted 2 incidents pointing the finger at the govt. This indicates on which side of the fence she is.
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We like to ask Navi Pillay, what she has to say aboutƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ the atrocities, massacres and terrorist activities carried out by the world’s number one terror group, the LTTE, for 3 decades. Being a Tamil herself and being the UN Human RightsƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Chief, did she say a word against the LTTE for recruiting Tamil children as combatants and using young girls as suicide bombers.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Why is Navi Pillay silent about the grave human right violations of the LTTE ?
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It is obvious that Navi Pillay is operating on the same wave length as the propaganda lobby of the Tamil separatist groups, the Tamil diaspora, NGO’s and the so called international community.
August 24th, 2013 at 1:44 pm
Cn some one shoe Navi Pillay, how the Sinhala Buddhist monks get attacked in Tamil Nadu. Sinhasese are too passive and naive. It is time the SinhaLESE WOKE UP to protect their rights. These should be no violence against fellow humans.
August 24th, 2013 at 4:57 pm
what else is open in her?
August 24th, 2013 at 9:11 pm
Navi Pillay said ” I am open minded”. That is what the fox said to the chickens too!
August 25th, 2013 at 10:09 am
Remember this is a situation created by our own incompetency! Pillai should not have been permitted to investigate SL. I am NOT saying here that the UN should not investigate SL. Far from that. What I am saying here though is that the GoSL should have objected to this PREJUDICED woman Pillai and sought a UN substitute acceptable to SL as a NEUTRAL person. I am sad that our Foreign Office monkeys just cannot handle anything properly and the only hope is that the vital issues highlighted in these columns will be formally taken up by the GoSL with her as a matter of urgency – S de Silva – London