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Violation of the Official Languages Policy: the Official Languages Commission Receives Eastern Police Heads’ Observations Vibhasha 2012 January - February 1 January / February 2012 | A publication of the Centre for Policy Alternatives | Volume II | Issue III Violation of the Official Languages Policy: The Official Languages Commission receives Eastern Police Heads’ observations According to the Chairman According to observations to the Official Languages and conducting of the Official Languages presented by the Assistant Commission are as below. investigations in Tamil is Commission Nimal Ranawake, Superintendent of the already underway » 70 Tamil and 15 Muslim his organization has already Batticaloa Police Division, Police Officers with Tamil » A Police Officer proficient taken the necessary first steps 12 Police Stations fall under language skills have been in Tamil has been made in relation to the complaints the Batticaloa Division, and employed to serve at all available at the location received by the Centre for Tamil and Muslim Police stations within the Mannar where complaints are Policy Alternatives regarding Officers have been appointed several incidents of language Police Division recorded for the ease of to these stations in order to policy violations, and he Tamil speaking citizens record statements made by » There are only two Woman was at present in receipt the Tamil speaking citizenry, Police Constables with » Complaints and statements of observations from the as well as to assist with traffic Tamil language skills – are recorded in the Batticaloa and Mannar Senior there is a shortage of WPCs information book in both Superintendent of Police duty. Additional Sinhala Divisions regarding the Officers who have received within Mannar Division Sinhala and Tamil by way Tamil language training of Police Officers who have same. » Officers In Charge of Police have also been appointed to skills in both languages Stations within the Division The above was stated in a these Stations according to have been informed to » A Tamil language letter sent by the Chairman of the Senior Superintendent the Commission, informing the record statements and training program is being of Police Batticaloa Division. Centre for Policy Alternatives conduct investigations conducted in order to The observations sent by of the action taken in relation utilizing Officers with improve the Officers’ level the Senior Superintendent to its complaints. Tamil language skills – the of proficiency of Police Mannar Division recording of statements To page 12 The Public Consultation on Language Rights in Sri Lanka commences Minister of National Languages and Social Integration M.A. Sumanthiran, Attorney at Law and A group of participants Vasudeva Nanayakkara Member of Parliament The Civil Society Collective The participants at the Women’s Organization, the Trincomalee Sarvodaya for the Promotion of Language Public Consultation, which was Movement for the Defense of Shramadana Movement, act as Rights recently conducted held on the 12th of December at Democratic Rights, National members of this collective. a Public Consultation on the Mahaweli Centre, were from Fisheries Solidarity Movement, A few ideas that were Promoting Language Rights in countrywide and represented People Help Foundation – expressed at this Public Sri Lanka in commemoration of a range of Community Based Mannar, Rural Development Consultation are presented in the International Human Rights Organizations. Foundation – Vavuniya, this issue of Vibhasha via the Day which fell on the 10th of The Centre for Policy Foundation of Rural Economic inside pages. December. Alternatives, Eastern United Development – Panama and 2 Vibhasha 2012 January - February The Colombo Municipality also violates language rights A complaint to the Human Rights Commission The Centre for Policy Alternatives has submitted a complaint to the Human Rights Commission regarding the building permit applications issued by the Colombo Municipal Council not being made available in the Tamil language. The complaint, made on the 1st of February 2012 bearing the number HRC 636/2012 alleges that the Colombo Municipal Council is in violation of the Fundamental Rights set out via Article 12(1) of the Constitution with regards to Colombo Municipal Council the Tamil speaking citizenry, and requests that an order to states that according to residents are Tamil speakers. building permit application this effect be made and due the Department of Census The complaint also forms in Tamil in order to redress provided. and Statistics, over 50% of requests that an order be prevent this continued The complaint also the Colombo Municipality’s issued to make available the violation of rights. Sinhala-Tamil Writers’ Association Hindi is a Foreign to build a National Writers’ Centre Language, an Indian Court decides. The Sinhala-Tamil encompassing several Association, the Writers’ Association areas related to program covers several An Indian Court recently made a ruling that established in 2009 national languages activities including amply illustrates the priority given to languages with the intention of and social betterment, the establishment of rights in the Indian Constitution. building amity and was taken during a a translation unit to A news item published in the Divayina mutual understanding recent discussion identify and translate newspaper of Monday the 2nd of January stated amongst writers from held between selected works of thus. the different ethnic representatives of literature published “The Gujarat State High Court decides that communities in Sri the Sinhala-Tamil in the Sinhala and Hindi is a foreign language.” Lanka, has decided to Writers’ Association Tamil languages, and The above was stated during the decision build a National Writers’ and the Minister of a ceremony to honour on a case filed by a citizen of Gujarat against the Centre. It is reported National Languages Sinhala, Tamil and National Highways Authority of India. that this decision and Social Integration Muslim writers who While the National Highways Authority of India to build a National Vasudeva Nanayakkara. have made significant had sent a letter in Hindi to the citizens of Gujarat, Writers’ Centre, along According to a contributions to the Judge in providing the decision on the case with the decision to spokesperson of the languages and had stated that this is a foreign language that is not understood by the citizens of Gujarat. implement a program Sinhala-Tamil Writers’ literature. m%;sikaOdk fldñIka iNd jd¾;dj Vibhasha 2012 January - February 3 Wishes for a Happy New Year in which language rights are protected 2012 dawns showing signs of a new enthusiasm regarding Public Consultation on language diversity and language rights within the country. Several items that made the headlines along with the dawn of Promoting Language Rights the New Year, illustrates this fervor. * The declaration of 2012 as the Year for a Trilingual Sri Lanka A few ideas expressed at the Public * The launch of a 10 year plan (2012 – 2022) towards a Consultation on Promoting Language Rights trilingual Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, conducted by the In addition, while the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lessons Learned and Reconciliation, published at the end Civil Society Collective for the of last year, presented several discourse generating factors via Promotion of Language Rights on the its observations and recommendations, several suggestions towards ensuring language rights were also presented even 12th of December 2011 in commemoration of the earlier via the proposals of the All Party Representatives International Human Rights Day which fell on the 10th Committee which preceded it. Meanwhile, the Ministry of of December, are presented below. National Languages and Social Integration, was also showing new fervour in its activities, via providing leadership to a new program aimed at creating a network of Language Committees, through which to carry out language teaching activities and seek solutions to language related problems, which is currently underway. While the above took place, several Non Governmental Organizations and Community Based Organizations including the Centre for Policy Alternatives also launched a number of programs aimed at the establishment of language rights within this country. The raising of awareness regarding language rights amongst the citizenry, and thereby prompting them into action towards obtaining these rights, have been ongoing continuously. While appreciating the keenness evidenced by the combination of all of these activities, on the other hand, it is also important to pay attention to the question of how to take this enthusiasm towards an ending in which results are obtained. It is important here to identify the fact that there are two avenues related to the present zeal. One of them is an avenue of education, based on the belief that the problem can be solved via teaching Tamil to the Onwards and upwards Sinhalese, and Sinhala to the Tamils. Presently, with the addition of English, it has now become a trilingual project. Lionel Guruge Language education is intrinsically fruitful. There is no Coordinator, Outreach Unit debate as to its ability to solve many a problem. Centre for Policy Alternatives However, in examining the origins of the language rights issue within the history of Sri Lanka, it is also not difficult This Public Consultation on Promoting Language Rights in Sri Lanka was to understand that it is not a problem related to language organized over a period of several months following a study that examined education alone. language rights issues via several
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