Washington: The US has banned Sri Lankan army chief Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva for war crimes. At the same time, many restrictions including travel, economic matters will apply to them. It is also being said that Silva has been held responsible for illegally killing people and large scale human rights violations during the military operations in Jaffna Peninsula in 2009. According to the UN report, 45 thousand innocent Tamil civilians were killed in the last month of action.
Allegations of war crimes in action against LTTE: According to information received by US Secretary of State Mike Ponpio, Silva has been accused of massive human rights violations. The documents related to the United Nations and other institutions are reliable and serious. Human rights are of great importance in Sri Lanka and everywhere in the world. In such a situation, we cannot support the elevation of Silva to be the army chief.
At the same time, it is being said that Silva was promoted to Army Chief in 2019. Prior to this, he was the head of 58 divisions of the army. The same Division of the Army had defeated and captured the land of Jaffna in Sri Lanka in 2009 by fighting against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Illum (LTTE). The soldiers of this division are accused of attacking and killing innocent civilians and hospitals, stopping humanitarian aid material, taking hostages and attacking Tamil civilians.
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