text: (b) QUESTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND STATES OF EMERGENCY (continued) (c) INDIVIDUALIZATION OF PROSECUTION AND PENALTIES, AND REPERCUSSIONS OF VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON FAMILIES (continued) (d) THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL (continued) (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/20 and Add.l, 21-23, 25 and 26 and Add.l-2, 27, 29, 33 and Add.l-2 and 34; E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/l, 4 and 18; E/CN.4/1990/14; E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/23, 27-29 and 30/Rev.l) INDEPENDENCE AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY, JURORS AND ASSESSORS AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF LAWYERS (agenda item 11) (continued) (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/35); E/CN.4/Sub.2/1988/Add.l and Add.l/Corr.l) 1. Mr. KESAVAN (Liberation) said that the issue of detention was particularly critical in Sri Lanka as the complete lack of accountability of the Sri Lankan armed forces in that respect had led to human rights violations such as arbitrary killings and tortures. 2. In the Sinhalese dominated south of the country, over 10,000 youths were still in detention with no prospect of release. In the north and east, where the Sri Lankan security forces were pursuing a genocidal campaign against the Tamil and Muslim peoples, civilians were being detained from refugee camps and other places of refuge. On 30 June 1990, 84 civilians had been detained in Veeramunai in the Amparai district and had been taken to the Kalmunai army camp. Four civilians who had escaped had reported the massacre of the remaining 80. In the previous three days there had been many civilian deaths from bombings and a hospital had been destroyed. 3. His organization urged the Sub-Commission to request the Sri Lankan Government to take measures to safeguard the welfare of civilians detained by the security forces and by state sponsored vigilantes. 4. Mr. da COSTA (Liberation) said that he was a Timorese and had spent almost seven years as a political prisoner in Indonesian prisons. 5. While in prison, he and other detainees had been subjected to 
analysis: This text appears to be discussing human rights issues and violations, particularly in the context of detention and the treatment of civilians by security forces. The speaker is urging the Sri Lankan government to take measures to protect the welfare of detained civilians. The text also mentions the speaker's personal experience as a political prisoner, which suggests a focus on human rights and individual freedom.