The statement made by The Rt Hon. the Lord Naseby with reference to Sri Lanka at the House of Lords on 07 January 2020:
“My Lords, for 23 years, I was a Member of Parliament for the marginal seat of Northampton South. What a joy it is to see the majority in that marginal seat move from 1,000 to 4,400—it quadrupled. The reason for that was not just what was done on the ground but a reflection of the British people’s faith in the determination and leadership of our Prime Minister. I pay particular tribute to him for what he has done for our country.
It is also 23 years that I have been in your Lordships’ House, on the Back Benches. In that time, I have taken an interest in south Asia and a specific interest in a country that I first worked in when I had nothing to do with politics, which was then called Ceylon. It is a great friend of this country. Thousands of its people were killed over the two world wars. It was one of the few countries to speak up in our favour over the Falklands. It faced a huge problem of a quasi 30-year war against the Tamil Tigers, which became a real war on 1 January 2009, covered by the international humanitarian law conditions, and lasted until 18 May. I have in my possession the heavily redacted reports from Colonel Gash describing what happened on the ground.
A year after that, the UN decided to set up a three-man mission to investigate. It did not take evidence on the ground in Sri Lanka but asked for submissions to be made. Those submissions have never been made public and are covered by a 30-year rule, so nobody knows what they really were. However, the UN slowly took a greater interest in what was happening in Sri Lanka and the net result was that, in March 2012, it set up a body under the UNHCR that is chaired today by the United Kingdom. Its role is to promote reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka—I make no argument about that. However, this has to happen in the context of the sovereignty, independence, unity and territo
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Eng Thilak Barnes Abeyawardena
5 years ago
I sign aginest
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Dilki
5 years ago
Sri Lankan armed forces never committed any war crimes in fact they are one of the most humane and empathetic armies in the world . UN stop witch hunting Sri Lankan army
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Kulatunga
5 years ago
Bian
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Niroshan Nanayakkarage
5 years ago
I all so agreed thise Peterson
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Chandana Madanayake
5 years ago
Good luck and thank you for your effort.
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Sepala Daha
5 years ago
Repulsed that the UN is encouraging the remaining members of a defeated terrorist gang, responsible for ruining the economy and the lives of Sri Lankans for 3 decades, to seek vengeance! The LTTE defeat was so bitter that these insufferable terrorists, aided by other nations, continue in their vendetta! Sri Lanka's only goal is to live peacefully with every race they welcomed into the nation!
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Don P Wijrsinghe
5 years ago
We protest against wrong decisions of the UNHRC
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Sampath Gamvasam
5 years ago
How come suddenly the this government violates human rights but not the previous government during a war that happened long time ago.
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Gamini Weerakoon
5 years ago
We do not expect any unjustified decision taken agaist Sri Lanka and any mighty country to intefere with her peaceful situation.
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D udapamunuwa
5 years ago
Leave us alone .protect our freedom
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Nihal Silva
5 years ago
My good wishes for this worthy cause.
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Sarath Buddhadasa
5 years ago
Support the petition
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AsokaDanansuriya
5 years ago
Please don't forget..people voted for you...to rectify these things ... if you don't ...will have the same fate like UNP ..in the next election ...
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Gamini Ranasinghe
5 years ago
In no uncertain terms we have to tell Americans who they are.That they are the barbarians who killed and chased away native Americans and captured that country.Should high light, how under the pretext of democracy almost ruined all the countries in Middle East.
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Dinesh
5 years ago
Ok
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Dash Dealey
5 years ago
We are a sovereign nation. The whole world knows that Sri Lanka is the only country to wipe out a terrorists group. We will not allow a few remnants that are scattered in the west to undermine our nation. If the west wants to believe their crap, that’s their prerogative. We don’t give a rats ass!
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J R Gunasekara
5 years ago
We should standup together.
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Kumar Dassenaieke
5 years ago
These baseless allegations should not be entertained.This is only to ignite the racist flames by the LTTE Scum,Disturb the Peace & Harmony among the Citizenry in the Island.
Tamil Sri Lanka needs everyone’s’ help now.
The statement made by The Rt Hon. the Lord Naseby with reference to Sri Lanka at the House of Lords on 07 January 2020: “My Lords, for 23 years, I was a Member of Parliament for the marginal seat of Northampton South. What a joy it is to see the majority in that marginal seat move from 1,000 to 4,400—it quadrupled. The reason for that was not just what was done on the ground but a reflection of the British people’s faith in the determination and leadership of our Prime Minister. I pay particular tribute to him for what he has done for our country. It is also 23 years that I have been in your Lordships’ House, on the Back Benches. In that time, I have taken an interest in south Asia and a specific interest in a country that I first worked in when I had nothing to do with politics, which was then called Ceylon. It is a great friend of this country. Thousands of its people were killed over the two world wars. It was one of the few countries to speak up in our favour over the Falklands. It faced a huge problem of a quasi 30-year war against the Tamil Tigers, which became a real war on 1 January 2009, covered by the international humanitarian law conditions, and lasted until 18 May. I have in my possession the heavily redacted reports from Colonel Gash describing what happened on the ground. A year after that, the UN decided to set up a three-man mission to investigate. It did not take evidence on the ground in Sri Lanka but asked for submissions to be made. Those submissions have never been made public and are covered by a 30-year rule, so nobody knows what they really were. However, the UN slowly took a greater interest in what was happening in Sri Lanka and the net result was that, in March 2012, it set up a body under the UNHCR that is chaired today by the United Kingdom. Its role is to promote reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka—I make no argument about that. However, this has to happen in the context of the sovereignty, independence, unity and territo
I sign aginest
Sri Lankan armed forces never committed any war crimes in fact they are one of the most humane and empathetic armies in the world . UN stop witch hunting Sri Lankan army
Bian
I all so agreed thise Peterson
Good luck and thank you for your effort.
Repulsed that the UN is encouraging the remaining members of a defeated terrorist gang, responsible for ruining the economy and the lives of Sri Lankans for 3 decades, to seek vengeance! The LTTE defeat was so bitter that these insufferable terrorists, aided by other nations, continue in their vendetta! Sri Lanka's only goal is to live peacefully with every race they welcomed into the nation!
We protest against wrong decisions of the UNHRC
How come suddenly the this government violates human rights but not the previous government during a war that happened long time ago.
We do not expect any unjustified decision taken agaist Sri Lanka and any mighty country to intefere with her peaceful situation.
Leave us alone .protect our freedom
My good wishes for this worthy cause.
Support the petition
Please don't forget..people voted for you...to rectify these things ... if you don't ...will have the same fate like UNP ..in the next election ...
In no uncertain terms we have to tell Americans who they are.That they are the barbarians who killed and chased away native Americans and captured that country.Should high light, how under the pretext of democracy almost ruined all the countries in Middle East.
Ok
We are a sovereign nation. The whole world knows that Sri Lanka is the only country to wipe out a terrorists group. We will not allow a few remnants that are scattered in the west to undermine our nation. If the west wants to believe their crap, that’s their prerogative. We don’t give a rats ass!
We should standup together.
These baseless allegations should not be entertained.This is only to ignite the racist flames by the LTTE Scum,Disturb the Peace & Harmony among the Citizenry in the Island.