Oct 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Army spokesperson Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara denied media reports that the Army blocked the visiting UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour meeting people of Jaffna.
He said that the Army accompanied her to meetings scheduled by the UN office of Sri Lanka. Army said that she met many individuals at the Jaffna Bishop’s house and other persons were not allowed to meet her for security reasons.
Hundreds of civilians affected by the rights violations have been seen in front of Nallur Kovil and UNHCR office in Jaffna.
Meanwhile some media reports quoting the residents said that the Army chased the relatives of the disappeared people who gathered at the UNHCR Jaffna office when the UN Commissioner visited the place. Arbour is to meet the fasting Tamil detainees who plead to bring charges against them or to release them at Welikada Prison today. She is to hold a press conference this afternoon.
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