Thread by @AingkaranK

This is NOT addressing the issue. This is sweeping it under the carpet. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) appointed by the then President @PresRajapaksa in its report (slembassyusa.org/downloads/LLRC…) stated and I quote "the GoSL is duty bound to direct the law

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enforcement authorities to take immediate steps to ensure that these allegations are properly investigated into and perpetrators brought to justice" (5.34, p163). It further stated and I quote "a comprehensive approach to address the issue of missing persons should be found as a

matter of urgency as it would otherwise present a serious obstacle to any inclusive and long term process of reconciliation. It is noted that given the past incidents of disappearances from different parts of the country and investigative efforts thereon a special mechanism to

address this issue and deter future occurrences. These recommendations warrant immediate implementation, as these will help address this serious issue, which has arisen in the human rights context and left unimplemented by successive Governments". Obviously Mahinda R. ignored the

recommendations of his Commission. In May 2016, due to international pressure, @ompsrilanka, a permanent body to look into these allegations, was established by the @ParliamentLK. The OMP in its annual report stated and I quote "thee obligation to provide justice is central to

addressing the rights and needs of the missing and the disappeared. Bringing perpetrators of enforced disappearances to justice is not just an essential component of providing remedies to victims and their families but is important for society at large as it can challenge the

systemic impunity which facilitated the crime of disappearance" (parliament.lk/uploads/docume…). It has been almost 6 years since OMP was established. But, it has NOT concluded a single investigation. Now the GoSL moves to grant Rs.100,000 and a land for the families of the disappeared

people, and permanently close the chapter (

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). Enforced disappearance is considered a continuing offence as long as the perpetrators continue to conceal the fate and the whereabouts of persons who have disappeared and these facts remain unclarified.