இலங்கையில் நடந்த இன அழிப்பு - மக்ஸ்வெல் பரணகம குழு அறிக்கை. - Maxwell Paranagama Commission Report

2013ஆம் ஆண்டு இலங்கை முன்னாள் அதிபர் மகிந்த ராஜபக்சேவால் மக்ஸ்வெல் பரணகம தலைமையிலான ஜனாதிபதி ஆணைக் குழு அமைக்கப்பட்டது. இந்த குழு போர்க்குற்றங்கள் குறித்து விசாரணை நடத்திய அறிக்கையை தற்போதைய அதிபர் சிறிசேனவிடம் கொடுத்தது.

178 பக்கங்களைக் கொண்ட இந்த விசாரணைக் குழுவின் அறிக்கை இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றத்திலும் தாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்டது.  இவ்வறிக்கையில், இலங்கை ராணுவம் போர்க்குற்றத்தில் ஈடுபட்டது உண்மைதான் என்று குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. மேலும், இலங்கை இறுதி யுத்தத்தின் போதான போர்க் குற்றங்களை மட்டுமின்றி 37 ஆண்டுகால போரின் போது சுமத்தப்பட்ட குற்றச்சாட்டுகள் குறித்தும் விசாரணை நடத்த வேண்டும். மூத்த ராணுவ தளபதிகளுக்கு எதிராக குற்றவியல் விசாரணை நடத்த வேண்டும்.

போர்க் குற்றங்கள் தொடர்பாக இங்கிலாந்தின் சேனல் 4 தொலைக்காட்சி வெளியிட்ட காட்சிகள் அனைத்தும் உண்மையானவை. அதில் தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்படும் காட்சிகள் உண்மையானவை. இலங்கை நீதித்துறையில் போர்க்குற்றங்களை விசாரிப்பதற்கு தனிப் பிரிவு அமைக்க வேண்டும். வெள்ளைக் கொடி ஏந்தி வந்த விடுதலைப் புலிகளின் மூத்த தளபதிகள் பா. நடேசன், புலித்தேவன் உள்ளிட்டோர் சரணடைந்த போது அவர்களை சுட்டுப் படுகொலை செய்த சம்பவம் குறித்து நீதி விசாரணை நடத்த வேண்டும்  என்று குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளன.

இறுதி யுத்தத்தின் போது இலங்கை ராணுவத்தால் பேருந்துகளில் ஏற்றிச் செல்லப்பட்டு காணாமல் போனோர் குறித்து தனி விசாரணை நடத்த வேண்டும். இப்பொழுது ரணில்விக்கிரமசிங்கே நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் சமர்பித்த நீதிபதிகள் அறிக்கையிலே போர்க்குற்றங்கள் நடந்துள்ளன என்று தெரிய வந்துள்ளது. ஆக, இலங்கை ராணுவத்தின் விசாரணைகள் நம்பகமானதாக இருக்காது. சர்வதேச நீதிபதிகளைக் கொண்ட குழுவே விசாரிக்க வேண்டும்.

எனவே, இனிமேலும் தாமதிக்காமல், சர்வதேச நம்ப்பகமான, சுதந்திரமான விசாரணையை முன்னெடுக்கவேண்டும். இந்த விசாரனை சர்வதேச பின்புலத்துடன் இலங்கையில் நடத்தாமல் உலகநாடுகளின் பொதுவான இடத்தில்வைத்து நடத்தினால்தான், லைபீரிய அதிபர் சார்லஸ் டெய்லர் எப்படி இன அழிப்புக் குற்றத்திற்காக தண்டனைக்குள்ளானாரோ அதேப்போல இலங்கையில் நடந்த இன அழிப்புக்குக் காரணமானவர்கள் தண்டிக்கப்படுவார்கள். இன விடுதலைக்காகப் போராடிய விடுதலைகளை விசாரிக்கவேண்டும் என்று சொல்வது ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளமுடியாத நடவடிக்கையாகும்.



இத்துடன் “சிலோன் டுடே” ஏட்டின் சிறப்புச் செய்தியாளர் சகோதரி சுலோச்சனா ஆர் மோகன் அவர்கள் அனுப்பிய, மக்ஸ்வெல் பரணகம குழுவின் அறிக்கையின் ஆங்கிலச் சுருக்கம் இணைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

From the sri lanka parliament;  

The Maxwell Paranagama Commission appointed to inquire into abductions and disappearances rejecting the suggestion that civilians were either targeted directly or indiscriminately by the SLA as a part of an alleged genocide, has concluded that it was the LTTE who killed majority of Tamil civilians during the last 12 hours of the final stage of the war,

Prime Minister RanilWickremesinghe tabled the Maxwell Paranagama Commission report and the NissankaUdalagama Commission report along with the UNHRC report on alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka.

“In coming to its findings about the LTTE, the Commission was cognisant of the fact that every major NGO and many international organisations recognized the parasitic conduct of the LTTE in its treatment of Tamil civilian population, including the forcible recruitment of children as soldiers, particularly in the last stages of the war. It has been estimated by a respected Jaffna-based NGO that in the final 12 hours of the conflict the majority of the Tamil civilian casualties were caused by the LTTE,” Paranagama Report said.

The LTTE was “principally responsible for the loss of civilian life during the final phase of the armed conflict through their actions which included taking 300,000 to 330,000 civilian hostages, implementing a strategy of killing Tamil civilians to suit their military aims, using civilians as a strategic human buffer leading to considerable loss of civilian life, using hostages to dig trenches and build fortifications thereby exposing them to harm, sacrificing countless civilians hostages to keep the LTTE leadership in power, arming hostages and forcing them into the front line leading to the deaths of large numbers, forcing a great number of children to man the frontlines; deliberately preventing civilians, under their effective control, from fleeting to areas away from the fighting and executing civilian hostages for attempting to escape their captivity; shelling civilian hostages in order that the LTTE might assign those deaths to the SLA for media purposes to provoke international humanitarian intervention; placing their heavy weaponry amid civilians making it inevitable that there would be civilian casualties; killing civilians through the use of suicide bombers; placing mines and other explosive devices that resulted in civilian deaths; causing the deaths of civilians who drowned in an attempt to flee their LTTE captors; and adopting a practice whereby a significant number of its cadres fought in civilian clothes, thus blurring the distinction between combatants and civilians inevitably leading to civilian deaths.”

“Commission is of the view that the principal reason for the loss of civilian life during the final phase of the war was the hostage taking and use of human shields by the LTTE.”

The Paranagama Commission rejects the suggestion that civilians were either targeted directly or indiscriminately by the SLA as a part of an alleged genocidal plan,” it said in its executive report adding that “Commission finds that the Darusman Report, as well as other reports, have taken a particularly narrow and restricted view of the obligation upon the GOSL to prosecute international crimes.

The commission accepted that shelling by the SLA undoubtedly led to a significant number of civilian deaths, “but the commission stresses that this was an inevitable consequence of the LTTE’s refusal to permit civilians to leave their control in order to use them both as a shield and a pool for recruitment, even when the GOSL permitted a ceasefire on April 12. No government could be expected to permit young children to be forced into the front lines without taking all available measures to put an end to such ruthless exploitation of a civilian population,”

“The commission rejects the Darusman Report’s finding that ‘a number of credible sources’ have estimated that there could have been as many as 40,000 civilian deaths.”

The Commission recommends to “deal with the issue of missing persons, effective mechanisms must be established at various levels. Different contexts might require different solutions and no approach that fits every situation has yet been identified. Coordinating mechanisms and national mechanisms should always liaise with the families and communities concerned about their work, its limitations, the chances of success and the probability of finding the missing person alive or of finding the remains through exhumation and forensic identification. In addition, families should be informed about whether and how they might obtain assistance and reparation and about the possibilities for punishing those responsible for the disappearance of their loved ones.”

“Several complainants stated that their family members who were abducted or caused enforced disappearances were from their place of residence, while some stated that their members were abducted from places other than their homes, which information were transmitted to the members of the family by a third party.”

The commission recommends the legal process against the inmates held in prisons related to LTTE activities, should be expedited.

“Livelihood assistance should be provided to families of missing persons by providing assistance so that they can sustain a continued livelihood for a period of time until such time they are able to sustain themselves independently. It has been observed by the Commission that livelihood is being drawn back due to the traumatic conditions of the missing persons family as a result of the war.”

The Commissions also suggested a process of counselling and psycho social related services.

The Commission of Inquiry into Abductions and Disappearances (Maxwell Paranagama Commission) conducted 12 public sittings in the North and the East. Each public sitting was spread over a period of four days.

The Commission chaired by Maxwell Paranagama comprised of SuranjanaVidyaratne, Mano Ramanthan, WAT Rathnayaka and H Sumanapala.

 The next report tabled in parliament yesterday was the final outcome of the Presidential Commission (Udalagama Commission) of Inquiry appointed to investigate and inquire into alleged serious violations of Human rights arising since 1 August, 2005.

The Udalagama Commission says that the way police have conducted the initial investigations with regard to the killing of 17 aid workers of the international nongovernmental organization Action Contre La Farm in early August 2006 lacks professionalism. The commission recommends that it is necessary to incorporate a comprehensive component on human rights and international humanitarian law in all police and armed forces training schemes.

In addition to the case on killing of 17 aid workers, the commission compiled separate reports with regard to the death of 51 persons in Naddalamottankulam (Senchoali) in August 2006, alleged execution of Muslim villagers in Muttur and the execution at Welikanda of 14 persons from Muttur who were being transported in ambulances in early Augfust2006, killing of ten Muslim villagers in Radella in Pottuvil Police area on Sept 17, 2006, killing of five youths in Trincomalee.

“Out of the 16 cases mandated to be inquired into by the Commission proceedings seven cases have been concluded. With regard to the balance nine cases the COI is not in a position to conduct the inquired during the mandated period. Two of the cases namely the killing of 17 aid workers of the ACF and the killing of five youths in Trincomalee attracted the attention of many parties including international organisations and foreign governments. Proceedings of these two cases took most of the time of the Commission.”

The Commission chaired by Justice NK Udalagama comprised of UpawansaYapa, DevanesanNesiah, KC Logeswaran, ManouriMuttettuwegama, Jezima Ismail, SS Wijeratne, Javid Yusuf, Douglas Premaratne, M FaizalRazeen and Denzil J Gunaratne.

-கே.எஸ்.இராதாகிருஷ்ணன்.
21-10-2015

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