HRW spreading baseless information - Minister

Chaminda PERERA

Cabinet Spokesman and Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said the Human Rights Watch among other Non Governmental Organisations are engaged in disseminating inaccurate and baseless information with regard to the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people fleeing from the uncleared areas.

Addressing the weekly Cabinet briefing at the Information Ministry, Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said certain Non Governmental Organisations including Human Rights Watch are attempting to create a wrong picture among the international community quoting various websites whose origin is not known to anybody.

UN Under Secretary-General John Holmes was content with what the Government is doing for the IDPs who came from the uncleared areas. The Government has provided all assistance to these civilians.

Sir John Holmes has given a clear guarantee to the international community that the Government is capable in handling this issue and its program to ensure their safety and welfare is exemplary.

The Forces in compliance with international ethics and norms are striving to eliminate terrorism from the country by ensuing zero level hindrance to the civilians in the uncleared areas.

The Minister said certain media Organisations with malicious intent are involved in propagating false information to the world at a time when the Government Ministers and officials are taking tremendous effort in disseminating correct and accurate news relating the humanitarian assistance and Forces action against the LTTE terrorists, he said.