Muthuvel Chelliah
Vanakkam! Please spare a moment, and spread the word with your
friends and in face book too. A few facts for your attention:
1) A few weeks ago, the US State Dept. issued "Tamil New Year Greetings" for the first time ever.
2) The US sponsored resolution in the UNHRC (UN Human Rights
Council) against SL won with overwhelming votes. Even India supported
it.
3) The US State Dept, issued a commemorative/condolence statement reminding the world about the Rwanda Genocide.
Can you please help so the US State Dept. can issue a similar statement
for the Tamils too. The May 18 is coming soon, and you know what that
means!!
So, if you want to do your share as a Tamil, please
cut and paste the following text in a word document file, provide your
info at bottom and please FAX it to the three numbers at the top (the US
State Dept, the White House, etc),. These are the least and very simple
things we as Tamils can do for our suffering Tamils there. I am
sincerely hoping you will please consider.. PLEASE HURRY! Time is
limited and is running out fast!!!.
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Commemoration of 3rd Anniversary of the May 2009 Mass Murders and Human Rights Excesses Committed by Sri Lankan Government
By Fax No:1-202-647-1579 or 1-202-647-2283 with copy to 1-202-456-2461
U.S. Secretary of State Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
Department of State, Washington, DC.
Madam Secretary,
On May 18, 2012 the Tamils of Sri Lanka and of the Diaspora will
once again solemnly observe the anniversary of the atrocities
perpetrated by the Sri Lankan armed forces directed by the Sri Lankan
Government.
While three long years have already elapsed
since those unspeakable crimes occurred, no meaningful relief is yet in
sight for the remaining Vanni Tamils or their dear departed. More than
ever, it is now clear that the Government of Sri Lanka possesses neither
the will nor the urgency to undertake an inquiry of the necessary
magnitude. It is also clear that in the absence of any willingness on
the part of the international community to move forward on this issue,
there cannot be any credible investigation to find out the truth or to
hold the perpetrators to account. There is no reason to hope that the
cause of justice or international peace will be served well under such
circumstances.
In view of the likelihood that there never
will be another credible attempt to ascertain the number of casualties
during the Mullivaikkaal atrocities of May 2009, the Tamils of Diaspora
hold the figure of 146,679 people disappearing without a trace in the
final eight months of war, as extracted by the Bishop of Mannar Dr.
Rayappu Joseph from the official records of the Government and those of
the UN, as an agreeable estimate of the number of deaths in Vanni in
those days. For the confirmation that this number of casualties occurred
due to a war directed against the Tamil Population of Vanni on racial
and political grounds, we have referenced the Report of the United
Nations Secretary General’s Panel of Experts Para. 251, Page 69.
Therefore Tamils of the Diaspora conclude and declare that what occurred
during the period leading up to and directly following May18, 2009 is
an act of genocide, and a crime against humanity.
Madam,
Secretary of State, even in this unenviable situation, the Tamils of Sri
Lanka and of the Diaspora sincerely recognize your personal efforts to
obtain justice for us and are grateful for that effort culminating in
the UNHRC resolution A/HRC/19/L.2. The Tamils of Sri Lanka and of the
Diaspora also note with appreciation your recently issued message of
solidarity with the Rwandan people on the eve of their 19thanniversary
of the Rwandan genocide.
Under these circumstances, Madam
Secretary, it is my earnest personal request that you please consider
issuing a message to mark the sacrifices of the Tamils in Sri Lanka on
May 18, 2009 and expressing your hope, as you have always insisted upon,
for a genuine reconciliation through executing the obligations of
accountability that such grave crimes entail.
Thanking you sincerely in advance for a positive response, Madam,
I remain with hope,
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