Appeal to EU for action against Sri Lanka

This petition was published by IFT on Jan 06, 2006

It is with great sadness that we bring to your attention the killing of Tamil MP and human rights advocate Mr. Joseph Pararajasingham who was shot dead on December 24th, while attending midnight Christmas mass in Batticaloa Cathedral. His wife was critically wounded when she tried to protect him from the bullets. Mr. Pararajasingham is the second TNA MP and member of the Northeast Secretariat on Human Rights (NESOHR) to be killed this year by government death squads, following the murder of Batticaloa MP. A ChadraNehru in February 2005.

We trust that this time will be different and immediate steps are taken to protect the Tamils of Sri Lanka including their MPs, journalists, and universities. We appeal to you to impose sanctions on the government of Sri Lanka until all pro-government death squads have been dismantled and the military intelligence officers who control these squads investigated and disciplined.

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