Sri Lanka's new government said it hopes to maintain proscription of several Tamil diaspora organisations that have been at the forefront of the call for accountability and justice for mass atrocities committed against the Tamil people during the end of the armed conflict in 2009.
Deputy Foreign Minister Ajith P. Perera, was quoted by the Sunday Leader newspaper as saying: "the new government hope to maintain the status quo on the ban imposed on the organisations that were alleged to have links with the terrorist organisation."
The paper added, that when asked if the new government would consider deproscribing the Tamil diaspora organisations, Mr Perera said: "there had not been any discussion or consideration in the new government about lifting the ban."
The proscription, introduced by the previous government led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, took place days after the UN Human Rights Council mandated an UN inquiry to investigate the allegations. Fifteen diaspora groups, as well as over 400 individuals were labelled as terrorist organisations and proscribed.
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