Writing an open letter to Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Tamil Civil Society group headed by Rev. Bishop Rayappu Joseph ask him not to trust the new Sri Lanka government on proposed domestic investigation.
“We wish to respectfully urge you not to take any promise for domestic investigations seriously, particularly in the absence of any concrete proposals that demonstrate such intentions. .. We respectfully insist that your office proceed with the release of the findings of the OISL inquiry and in the event of finding of serious crimes being committed, recommend to the relevant UN agencies and member states of the UN to take all steps necessary for international criminal prosecutions to be initiated”.
Read the letter as PDF: TCSF-letter-on-OISL-to-HC