Signature campaign in Jaffna calls for international accountability

A signature campaign was launched in Jaffna on 04 September calling for an international accountability mechanism to examine mass atrocities committed during the final stages of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict, where tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were killed.

Representatives from the Tamil National Alliance, Tamil National People’s Front, Religious leaders, civil society representatives, Jaffna University lecturers and students all took part in the campaign.