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JVP studying report for comment
View(s):The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is still “studying” the report on Accountability for Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka issued by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the party’s Propaganda Secretary and National People’s Power MP Vijitha Herath told the Sunday Times.
He said the JVP would comment on the report that was issued a week ago (May 17) once it had studied it. He was responding to a question from the Sunday Times on what the party had to say about sections in the report that referred to allegations of enforced disappearances during the JVP’s insurrections in 1971 and the late 1980s and whether the party supported the report’s findings and recommendations.
Recently, the JVP spokesman went on record saying that it supported the commemoration of those civilians who died during armed conflict.
The report, released on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the end of the northern armed conflict, notes that there is no authoritative figure on the number of enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka. Considering available figures and expert estimates, it is apparent that “tens of thousands” disappeared from 1970 to 2009, it states.
While primarily dealing with enforced disappearances during the country’s northern conflict, the report notes that the first wave of large-scale disappearances occurred in the context of the suppression of the JVP insurgency in 1971. This is the first time that an OHCHR report has delved into enforced disappearances during the 1971 insurrection.
In compiling its report, the OHCHR says it had also interviewed victims in the south who had family members subjected to enforced disappearances during the second JVP insurrection from 1988-1990.
The OHCHR report recommends that the Government of Sri Lanka acknowledge the occurrence of enforced disappearances on a mass scale since the 1970s, including the involvement of state security forces and armed groups, and issue a public apology on behalf of the state for its role in these violations.
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