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TNA condemns Govt. designation of Tamil groups, individuals for alleged involvement in terrorist acts
View(s):The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has condemned the designation of Tamil groups and individuals for alleged involvement in terrorist acts.
A Gazette notification on March 21 designated 16 organisations and over 400 persons under the United Nations Regulations No 1 of 2012.
The TNA said in a statement yesterday that in accordance with the Regulations, the Competent Authority has not notified, or taken steps to notify such organisations and individuals in writing, in the past two months. It has said that the Regulation provides that the written notice shall contain information relating to the reasons for the designation.
The TNA has alleged that the Government’s measures came in the wake of the passage of the third United States resolution on Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. It has called upon the Government to review the decision against whom there is no evidence of engaging in or supporting any ‘terrorist acts.’