Colombo (AsiaNews) - In Sri Lanka, the recent incidents of hate speech against religious minorities, such as the
attacks on
churches and mosques,
are "particularly
alarming" and must be stopped
"as soon as possible." This was stated by
Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC), presenting her report on her
official visit to the Asian country, which took
place earlier this month. The politician
presented the report in Geneva on September 25th.
In the report Pillay reminds the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa that
it has until March 2014 to shed light once and for all on the violations committed during the civil war.
Beyond that date, she explains, "the international community will have
the right to initiate its own
independent investigation." "In this
journey - she continues - the High
Commissioner noted a great concern among many analysts, who wonder if
Sri Lanka is
undermining the democratic
mechanism and the rule of law."
The country was subject to a UN
resolution on war crimes
committed by the armed forces during
the decades of ethnic conflict.
The measure imposed on the government of Sri Lanka to investigate the final stages of the war and the actual post-conflict rehabilitation of the Tamil community in the
north and east, the areas most affected by the fighting.