Sri Lankan Chief Justice questions legality of Tamil detention camps...

Just before he retired last week, the Chief Justice of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court, Sarath N. Silva, declared in a public speech that the detention of hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians in internment camps set up by the army and the government was unlawful.

At a June 4 ceremony to open a new court complex at Marawila, northeast of Colombo, Silva stated that the Tamil detainees “live outside the protection of the law of the country”. He added: “The law of this country does not show any interest in these IDPs [internally displaced persons]. I openly say this. The authorities can penalise me. I visited relief villages where Wanni IDP families are sheltered. I cannot explain their suffering and grief in words.” More...

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