The British House of Commons The British House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, has in a very critical report, noted that there is scant evidence of progress in political and human rights in Sri Lanka. Made up of House of Commons legislators, the report notes that as Prime Minister David Cameron remains committed to attend the Commonwealth […]
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India should boycott CHOGM in Sri Lanka: Jayalalithaa
(IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday said India should boycott the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka next month to protest what she said was violation of human rights of Tamils there.In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Jayalalithaa said: “I wish to reiterate Tamil Nadu’s view that India should not participate in […]
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Britain demands ‘concrete progress’ on Sri Lanka rights
Cameron: will meet civil actors too Britain will use next month’s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka to pressure Colombo to make “concrete progress” on human rights and to probe war crimes, the British high commissioner said Wednesday. Prime Minister David Cameron will send a strong message to Colombo to improve its rights record and […]
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The Commonwealth in troubling times and the controversy surrounding Sri Lanka
Sir Ronald Sanders KCMG AM is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and a former Caribbean diplomat ”If the Summit in Sri Lanka is to be meaningful, Heads of Government must set up machinery to address this issue urgently and credibly. It will call for careful diplomatic stage-managing by the Secretary-General, […]
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Indian PM unlikely to attend CHOGM
Manmohan Singh: No time for Rajapaksha! Indian External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid’s visit to Sri Lanka last week had been intended to pave the way for the non attendance of Indian Premier, Manmohan Singh, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo, well-placed Indian sources said. “The Premier’s visit would depend on the […]
