Group of 51 Indian NGOs urge Malaysia to back UNHRC resolution

by admin
Mar 11, 2012

An umbrella body named the Group of Concerned Citizens (GCC), representing fifty-one NGOs based in India, has urged Malaysia to support a resolution on war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan security forces.

In a statement, GCC's coordinator, K Arumugam said that Malaysia should not support Sri Lanka as it did in 2009.

Highlighting Malaysia's role in condemning human rights violations in Bosnia, Palestine, Southern Thailand and Philippines, the GCC coordinator said,

"Why the double standard in our foreign policy when it came to Sri Lankan Tamils?"

"If Malaysia votes against the resolution, it’ll be tantamount to supporting the brutal killings and the sexual abuse and rapes committed by Sri Lankan security forces."

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