‘Lanka army violating Tamil women’s rights’
15 March 2013 7:59 AM IST
A Sri Lankan women’s group is seeking an international mechanism to check increasing military intervention in the lives of civilians in the island’s north and east.
The Women’s Action Network (WAN) has also demanded the immediate end to military role in civilian administrative structures as well as development activities in what was the former war zone.
‘Women’s rights and security continue to deteriorate in Sri Lanka, especially in the north and east and a culture of impunity has been entrenched within the state structure,’ a lengthy WAN statement said. The statement has hit out at what it says is entrenched militarisation of the northeast despite the defeat of the Tamil Tigers in 2009. ‘Militarization of civilian and public spheres continues...
Even though the Sri Lankan government has removed several checkpoints, women in these areas state that several military camps have been built in the interiors of villages. The military continues to engage purportedly in civil administration, agricultural and developmental activities,’ it said.
The Women’s Action Network (WAN) has also demanded the immediate end to military role in civilian administrative structures as well as development activities in what was the former war zone.
‘Women’s rights and security continue to deteriorate in Sri Lanka, especially in the north and east and a culture of impunity has been entrenched within the state structure,’ a lengthy WAN statement said. The statement has hit out at what it says is entrenched militarisation of the northeast despite the defeat of the Tamil Tigers in 2009. ‘Militarization of civilian and public spheres continues...
Even though the Sri Lankan government has removed several checkpoints, women in these areas state that several military camps have been built in the interiors of villages. The military continues to engage purportedly in civil administration, agricultural and developmental activities,’ it said.
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