Allow UN investigators into India - Jayalalithaa
July 25, 2014 08:12 am
UN
officials probing human rights violations in Sri Lanka must be given visas to
visit India, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said. Jayalalithaa urged
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that visas were granted to the UN
officials.
In
a letter to Modi released to the media Thursday, she said she was surprised to
see media reports indicating that India had refused visas to members of the UN
Investigation Committee.
“If
... India has actually refused visas to the UN committee probing human rights
violations in Sri Lanka, this would be a bitter disappointment to the people of
Tamil Nadu who are determined to ensure that the Sri Lankan regime is held to
account for its heinous acts against Tamils,” the chief minister said.
She
said India was Sri Lanka’s closest neighbour and it was a place any team
probing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka should visit to conduct its inquiries.
“Hence,
I request you to kindly intervene and ensure that the international committee
is granted the necessary visas and is in a position to complete a fair and
impartial enquiry into the human rights violations in Sri Lanka,” Jayalalithaa
said.