white van abductions continued even after the 8th of January: C.V. Wigneswaran

The Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran claims that even after the 8th of January this year there had been incidents of white van abductions.

In a message to mark world human rights day today, the Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran said that in every sense, the rights of Tamils as individuals and as a people have been violated over the course of time by the Governments of Sri Lanka. He said that successive Governments of Sri Lanka have indulged in human rights’ violations continually. “In every sense, the rights of Tamils as individuals and as a People have been violated over the course of time by the Governments of Sri Lanka,” C.V. Wigneswaran said. Their continued imprisonment is a continuing violation of this important right by the Government of Sri Lanka. It is incumbent on the part of the Government of Sri Lanka to release these prisoners without any delay and demonstrate its commitment to human rights. C.V. Wigneswaran said that consistency with human rights requires that in the light of various violations of human rights by successive Governments of Sri Lanka. C.V. Wigneswaran also said that an obligation arises on the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure that the perpetrators of the genocide are brought to trial. However he noted that recent statements by Government leaders are confusing and contradictory but consistent in one respect in that they play down the extent of the system crimes so clearly outlined by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in its Report on Sri Lanka this year.