"SELF DETERMINATION IS KEY TO THE WORLD PEACE"
Last updated: 23 October, 2011 – Published 12:40 GMT
Video footage showed that Col Gaddafi was alive at the time of capture
The Sri Lankan government has called for an ‘explanation’ into the killing of former Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Col Gaddafi was killed on Thursday after being captured by the rebels in his home town, Sirte.
Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said Col Gaddafi had been shot in the head in an exchange of fire between Gaddafi loyalists and NTC fighters following his capture.
Video footage showed that the former leader was alive at the time of capture.
"The Government of Sri Lanka is of the opinion that the circumstances surrounding the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi require an explanation," a one sentence statement issued by Sri Lanka External Affairs Ministry on Sunday said.
Sri Lanka ‘war crimes’
The call comes after the United States, UN and international human rights groups called for a proper and immediate inquiry into the last moments of Libya’s former ruler.
Namal Rajapaksa was among the last Sri Lankans to meet Col Gaddafi
It also comes in the wake of Human Rights Watch (HRW) comparing apparent similarities between the murder of Col Gaddafi and Sri Lanka’s ‘white flag case’ in which surrendering Tamil Tiger leaders were allegedly executed by Sri Lanka troops.
HRW Asia Director Brad Adams told BBC Sandeshaya that Everybody including Col Gaddafi and LTTE leaders has a right to be treated properly, "no matter how heinous they are and no matter how many people they killed themselves."
Reiterating a call for independent investigation into the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, Mr Adams also called for an investigation into the death of Col Gaddafi.
A senior Sri Lankan cabinet minister has, meanwhile, condemned the killing of Col Gaddafi.
In a statement issued on behalf of Jathika Nidahasa Peramuna (JNP), Housing Minister Wimal weerawansa has launched an scathing attack on the Western leaders including the US, UK, France and Canada.
‘Brutal killing’
"The JNP condemn the brutal killing of Col Gadaffi with disgust," said the statement.
Mr Weerawansa has described the death of Col Gaddafi as a "brutal murder"
The JNP is a constituent partner in President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s coalition government.
"The Libyan rebels supported by the USA-led Nato forces have brutally murdered the Libyan leader," it said, adding that the Western powers "nakedly invaded" Libya for its oil and other resources.
President Rajapaksa twice visited Libya in 2007 and 2010. It was reported that Libya pledged to provide jobs to 20,000 Sri Lankans following the visits.
Mr Rajapaksa’s eldest parliamentarian son, Namal, was among the last Sri Lankans to meet Col Gaddafi when he visited Tripoli in January, this year, together with other parliamentarians.
The United Nations, USA, UK and other Western countries have called for an independent investigation into the last stages of the war against the LTTE in Sri Lanka.
LOCAL LINKS
The last of the buffoon dictators?
Sandeshaya
Gaddafi killing and white flag case ‘similar’
21 October, 2011 | Sandeshaya
Libya crisis – in depth
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Muammar Gaddafi: How he died
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Gaddafi calls President Rajapaksa
04 March, 2011 | Sandeshaya
Lankans in Libya await evacuation
28 February, 2011 | Sandeshaya
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