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"Mr President, May this year will mark the third anniversary of the end of the bloody civil war in Sri Lanka. Tens of thousands of innocent Tamils were slaughtered, particularly at the end of the war when they were caged into a tiny area before being massacred by the army.
At the end of last year, the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission published its report. This commission was set up from the very start to be biased. It is not a serious attempt at all to deal with the very serious allegations of war crimes against the Rajapakse regime.
It is now time for a genuine independent inquiry into the events. This inquiry will have to include representatives of all communities within Sri Lanka and trade unions in the country. I have been denied a visa to visit Sri Lanka as part of a delegation of the European United Left Group in this Parliament because on several occasions, I have spoken out against the actions of the Sri Lankan Government, against the actions of the army, and in favour of the rights of the Tamil people.
I demand that the Sri Lankan Government revokes this decision and allows MEPs who are critical of its policy to visit the country and see the situation on the ground for themselves."@en1
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