Human rights complaints not allowed in mother tongue</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Human rights complaints not allowed in mother tongue"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Human,rights,complaints,not,allowed,in,mother,tongue"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">14-12-2004</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Human rights complaints not allowed in mother tongue</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_T4RItiMyuTTvo7hmztso_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Colombo; Sri lanka: The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka is powerless to reprimand violations of human rights, according to a speech made Mr.K.Sivapalan, leading human rights activist and Attorney-at-Law in addressing the Universal Human Rights day event in Trincomalee Hindu Cultural Hall on Sunday. In particular, Tamils are not allowed to register their complaints in their mother tongue. <br>The event was organised by UNICEF, UNHCR, UNDP, USAID, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (CHA), the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), the Eastern Rehabilitation Organization (ERO) and Legal Aid Foundation (LAF). <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=13620" target="blank">www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=13620</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show