Pls see our report on #stf #lka which cited #sinhalese insiders from the force describing their involvement in whitevan abductions in Colombo & executions in the East. itjpsl.com/assets/STF-rep…
#STF should at v least be Leahy vetted by .@USEmbSL & ineligible for @UNPeacekeeping
& it's not just us - UN bodies reported on STF involvement in #torture as far back as 2002: (P30 of report)
IN 2015 UN investigation cited #stf in connection with disappearance & #torture & mentioned their close links to #tamil paramilitaries in the East of #srilanka
Not to mention UN spoke of #stf involvement in an emblematic case - #trinco5 students - which IIGEP investigated & ended up just getting witnesses out of country as process so dire & .@amnestysasia championed as a case. @ThyagiR
Actually (p34 itjpsl.com/assets/STF-rep…) #stf comes up in so many emblematic cases in #srilanka & also worth mentioning amazing work of .@pmillerinfo on their role in 80s. #lka
Amazing that #stf is not Leahy vetted as a unit tainted by #humanrights abuses its entire history - it should be now .@SenatorLeahy
Irresponsible that @UNPeacekeeping takes #stf to deploy in sensitive war zones without independent vetting & screening.
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