tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post9207963778353830857..comments2024-03-13T21:38:21.872+05:30Comments on Sri Lanka Guardian: Media being suppressed – ChamberUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-26042659531612329132008-05-29T04:29:00.000+05:302008-05-29T04:29:00.000+05:30The brutal attack on Nation Associate Editor and...The brutal attack on Nation Associate Editor and defence columnist Keith Noyahr,should be<BR/>strongly condemned. The attempts to suppress the media and the the recent abduction and brutal assault of a respected editor of a recognized newspaper is another example of this growing threat against the media personnels by the Sri Lankan Govt.<BR/><BR/> We applaud UN members for rejecting an abusive state from the UNHCR which has used its position on the Human Rights Council not to promote Human rights, but to protect itself and other violator states from scrutiny. <BR/><BR/>The International Community should be applauded for having given Sri Lanka the resounding slap it deserves for its continuing disregard of Human Rights.<BR/><BR/>Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize from three continents called on UN members to reject Sri Lanka’s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, the NGO Coalition for an Effective Human Rights Council said today. Nobel laureates Desmond Tutu of South Africa, Adolfo Perez Esquivel of Argentina, and Jimmy Carter of the United States each published statements urging opposition to Sri Lanka because of its abusive human rights record.T.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01091808115974846543noreply@blogger.com