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C4 documentary:Conservatives, Labour sponsor LTTE motion
June 12, 2011, 8:27 pm
By Shamindra Ferdinando
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has used an influential section of British parliamentarians and defeated MPs in its campaign to throw their weight behind its war crimes campaign against Sri Lanka.
Two of the MPs, Siobhain McDonagh (Labour) and Lee Scott (Conservative), who were at the launch of the GTF at the House of Commons on Feb. 24, last year sponsored a motion calling for an independent, international investigation into war crime allegations in Sri Lanka.
Both McDonagh and Scott addressed the House of Commons gathering at the launch of GTF, led Fr. S.J. Emmanuel, which now spearheads the anti-Sri Lanka campaign.
The action by the Conservative and Labour MPs followed the GTF launching a mega campaign to involve British parliamentarians in its anti-Sri Lanka campaign. Sources said that the government had received a soft copy of ‘lobbying tool-kit to raise awareness of Parliamentarians on war crimes in Sri Lanka’ prepared by a British national, Stuart Drakes, on behalf of the GTF.
The GTF’s ‘lobbying tool kit’ has cited a recent statement attributed to UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial killings, Christof Heyns (dean of the law faculty at the University of Pretoria in South Africa) that video footage provided to his office by Channel 4 News in the UK revealed war crimes in Sri Lanka. The GTF urged the LTTEsupporters in the UK to engage their MPs ahead of tomorrow’s airing of the one-hour long Channel 4 documentary, ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’
The joint Conservative and Labour motion follows the GTF’s latest intervention.
The following is the text of motion: "That this House notes Channel 4’s documentary, Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, broadcast on 14 June 2011, which features devastating new video evidence of war crimes during Sri Lanka’s civil war; further notes that certain footage has been authenticated by the UN and has been declared as evidence of definitive war crimes by the UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial killings; condemns strongly the Sri Lankan government for dismissing outright the analysis of the UN Special Rapporteur and its unwillingness to engage in a proper accountability process; urges all hon. Members to view the Channel 4 documentary; supports the Government’s policy of an independent investigation into these allegations; and calls on the UN to establish an independent, international mechanism to ensure truth, accountability and justice in Sri Lanka."
The GTF hired Joan Ryan (former Home Minister/Labour) as its Chief Executive after she lost her seat at the last parliamentary polls. According to the GTF, among the dignitaries, who addressed the launch of the organization at the House of Commons were Joan Ryan, Keith Vaz MP, Gareth Thomas MP, Simon Hughes MP, Andrew Dismore MP, Andrew Pelling MP, Susan Kramer MP, former MEP Robert Evans, Virendra Sharma MP, Dawn Butler MP, Siobhain McDonagh MP, David Burrows MP, Lee Scott MP, Stephen Pound MP and Andrew Pelling MP.
The GTF’s hold on Labour activist Ms Ryan came to light when she filed an application on behalf of the LTTE front in the City of Westminster Magistrate’s Court on Dec. 3 seeking a warrant for the arrest of Maj. Gen. Chagi Gallage, one of the key strategists in Sri Lanka’s military victory over the LTTE. Ms. Ryan’s application alleged that Gallage had committed "war crimes. Manjit Gill, Queen’s Counsel, represented the GTF. Maj. Gen. Gallage was accompanying President Mahinda Rajapaksa visiting the UK in Dec last year had left for Sri Lanka by the time the arrest warrant was sought.
The External Affairs Ministry said that the LTTE supporters active overseas were continued fund raising operations, though the war ended in May two years ago. Sources said that as funds weren’t needed to procure arms, ammunition and equipment, they were being spent on anti-Sri Lanka propaganda.
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