Kebithigollewa images exploited
for anti-SL protests :
Sri Lanka's overseas missions alerted
NDTV footage comes under fire :
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A still from the NDTV
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has alerted Sri Lanka's
missions overseas against a sinister move by LTTE sympathisers and supporters to
use images of LTTE atrocities, labelled as crimes committed by Government
forces, in their worldwide protests to sully Sri Lanka's image in the eyes of
the world.
A spokesperson for the MEA said that the conspiracy came to
light when the Indian news channel NDTV telecast images of a Chennai based
protest on March 21 where the protesters had displayed images of a grieving
father carrying a dead child in his hands, a picture that had been taken after
the LTTE's brutal bomb attack on a civilian bus in Kebithigollewa in June 2006.
The MEA through the Sri Lankan mission in New Delhi has lodged a
protest with the NDTV for the footage carrying the misleading image. There has
been a disturbing trend of protests across Chennai, organised by extremist
political parties sympathetic to the LTTE, especially during the run up to the
UN Human Rights Council regular session that concluded on Friday.
'Their intention was to shame Sri Lanka for defeating the LTTE
terror outfit", the spokesperson said. However, the DMK and other parties that
pushed for tougher action against Sri Lanka at the HRC were disappointed that
the US sponsored resolution was finally watered down and a good part of the
international community acknowledged Sri Lanka's progress after the end of the
war against LTTE terrorism.
Courtesy : Sunday Observer
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