We receive around 10,000 emails per day regarding Sri Lanka – UNHRC HC

A group of Sri Lankan civil society and media activists who are now in Geneva as 10th UN Human Rights Commission session is underway said to Lanka-e-News that Sri Lanka has become the most spoken country among the member nations of UN. They further stated that the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights is receiving around 10,000 emails per day regarding Sri Lanka. 

A group of civil society activists including well known human rights activist Mrs. Nimalka Fernando and Free Lance journalist Ravi Chandralal are in Geneva now in an independent visit to explain the fragile human rights situation and the media suppression in the country. Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) London chief Arjunan Ediriweerasingham also joined this team together with an ethnic Sinhalese actress. TRO is banned in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka representatives met UN Human Rights Commissioner Nawaneethan Pillai, a South African born Tamil woman, on March 09 for a discussion around one hour.

She was concerned about the media suppression in Sri Lanka. The news agency stated that she responded positively to the invitation extended by the Sri Lanka civil society representatives to visit the island during her visit in India and Nepal. The Sri Lankan representatives have also met Margaret Sekageya, the special representative on the protection of human rights and explained the situation in Sri Lanka.