Sri Lankan Government  and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam should submit to democratic processes & Rule of Law said Australian Foreign Minister Hon Stephen Smith MP in a response to a question raised in Narangaba Community Cabinet Meeting. Recently, Despite determined lobbying by Sri Lanka during and prior to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the stark history of gross rights violations by Sri Lanka Security forces, the unfolding ground situation including the exit of International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) from rights monitoring from the island, and intense lobbying by several Rights organization including three Peace Nobel laureates, have led to the ignominous defeat of Sri Lanka Wednesday in securing the sought after coveted spot in the Human Rights Council of the UN.

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