Dear Ms. Pillay,
I would like to
pose two questions to you. You are after all the UN commissioner for human
rights for the whole world and not for Sri Lanka only and I am sure that you
are interested in the human rights affairs in the USA as well. Some of the NGO
pundits and educated people living in Sri Lanka think that people like me are
only frogs in the well without any knowledge of the current affairs, modern
science etc. I am sure that you are not so and I am interested in a private in
the US Army by the name Bradley Manning who was sentenced to 35 years
imprisonment by a military judge apparently for leaking 700,000 government
files to WikiLeaks. I agree that the main responsibility of any government is
the security and the protection of the state and Manning should not have leaked
those files. Did he really leak the files? If so the US army is entitled to
imprison him for any amount of years that they think is suitable, and neither
you nor anybody else should meddle with internal matters of the USA government,
and in your interest I hope you have not taken any steps to interfere with the
judgment though it is not from a female Chief Justice. What bothers me is that
among the files there are apparently video footages on killing of civilians by
the USA armed forces. I am interested in finding out whether as the UN
commissioner for human rights you are interested in those footages.
The second
question is on Edward Snowden. I only know that he was made to stay in the Moscow
airport for several days and I hope he had enough Rubles to buy his provisions
while being in the airport. Are you interested in his human rights? Were you
able to find out whether Putin treats him well?
Then on Sri
Lanka I shall appreciate it very much if you could look into the human rights
of a person called Bus Gemunu who is harassed by the government of Sri Lanka
when it comes to raising of bus fare. You can ask any NGO personality who this
Bus Gemunu is. As a bus traveller I am concerned of his human rights. I would
also wish if you could find out why this government is so stupid as to give a
contract to some ex army people to harass Ms. Abeywickrama of the Sunday Leader
on the eve of your arrival if you believe some of the UNP MPs and NGO personalities.
I wish you happy
hunting in Sri Lanka.
Nalin de Silva
26-08-2013