Legacy of enforced disappearances: Vital facts conveniently forgotten to whitewash LTTE and India
Those demanding accountability from Sri Lanka for war crimes allegations are strangely silent on atrocities committed by the LTTE. On the orders of its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, the LTTE killed hundreds of members belonging to rival terrorist groups. It assassinated President Ranasinghe Premadsasa, almost succeeded in assassinating President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and made…
The article discusses the enforced disappearances and atrocities committed by the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) and Sri Lanka during the civil war. It highlights that those demanding accountability from Sri Lanka are silent on the atrocities committed by the LTTE, including the assassination of political leaders and the use of children as cannon fodder.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrived in 1989 during the second Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) terror campaign, but the LTTE's hostilities resumed after the Indian Army withdrew in 1990. The ICRC issued a statement expressing concern over the International Day of the Disappeared. The article also mentions the International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearances and the Tamil National Alliance's recognition of the LTTE as the sole representative of Tamil-speaking people.
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