the tamil nadu legislative assembly passed unanimously a resolution on 8 june 2011 which, based on the report, accused sri lanka of: failure in constitutionally resolving the righteous demands of tamils since independence; working for complete extermination of tamils in the island; mass killings of innocent tamils, other atrocities and failure in humanitarian action during the war; continued human rights abuses after the war; and human rights abuses on media persons and others outside of the war zone. the resolution urged the indian central government to impose economic sanctions against sri lanka until tamils are given equal rights and to press the un to declare as "war criminals" those who committed alleged war crimes during the conflict in sri lanka.