UN asks Oz to investigate `root cause` of attacks on Indian

Betwa Sharma
United Nations, Mar 5 (PTI) United Nations has
described as "disturbing" the continuing attacks on Indians in
Australia, with its rights commissioner Navi Pillay asking
Canberra to get to the bottom of the matter.
"While the Australian authorities have questioned
whether these incidents were racially-motivated, there is a
need for concerted attention by federal and state authorities,
both in terms of the investigation and prosecution of such
crimes, as well as addressing the root causes behind such
violence," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Pillay said.
The top UN official described that the spate of
attacks on Indian residents in Australia as "disturbing", and
called for the government of Australia to get to the bottom of
the matter.
There have been over 100 cases of attacks on Indians,
mostly on students, in Australia since the last year.
Pillay also expressed concern at the continuing human
rights violations in Sri Lanka.
"The opportunity for peace and reconciliation
continues to be marred by the treatment of journalists, human
rights defenders and other critics of the Government," Pillay
told the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
"I am convinced that Sri Lanka should undertake a full
reckoning of the grave violations committed by all sides
during the war, and that the international community can be
helpful in this regard," she said. PTI