3 April 2013-On the 4th August 2006, in the midst of civil war, many civilians, including 17 aid workers of Action against Hunger (ACF), were killed in the town of Muttur, in Sri Lanka. Tragically, our 17 colleagues were executed in our office, brought to their knees and shot a bullet in the head.
This massacre is not only the most dramatic crime ever committed against humanitarians; it also qualifies as one of the most serious act: a war crime.
None of the three national investigations launched in Sri Lanka since 2006 came to an answer. The investigations were plagued with obstruction, interference of politics in the judiciary, lack of transparency and independence, and procedural irregularities.
It is now time to ask for justice by opening an international and independent UN investigation. We must act now! Only a massive citizen mobilization can force the Sri Lankan authorities to be accountable for the horrors of the conflict.
We welcome the resolution passed against SriLanka at the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Humanitarian Legal advisor Polyn Cirkiyurity said.
However we would like to point out that resolution fail to make stress on the Lankan government. Ii’s compulsory to hold independent investigations on war crimes reported in SriLanka.
