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Human rights groups urge UN High Commissioner to visit Mullivaikkal
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|June 24, 2025
Five leading international human rights organisations have called on United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tiirk, who arrived in Colombo yesterday (23) on a four-day visit, to reinforce international scrutiny and demand accountability for human rights violations, as well as meet with Tamil families of the disappeared and visit the site (Mullivaikkal) of the 2009 genocide, Tamil Guardian reported.
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The letter, signed by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, and the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, expresses deep concern over Sri Lanka’s continued failure to deliver justice for victims of war crimes, enforced disappearances, and
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