British minister talks to NGOs on SL situ

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Britain Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire met several Non- Governmental Organizations including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Thursday and held discussions on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka.

In a twitter post, Swire stated “Met NGOs @HRW @AmnestyUK @freedomfromtorture @SLcampaign this morning to discuss human rights in #SriLanka & impact of our attendance @CHOGM” .

“I made clear the importance the Britain attaches importance to continued progress on human rights in SL, including on accountability," he stated.

He said he also discussed the impact of their attendance at the CHOGM in Colombo last November.

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kumara Friday, 10 January 2014 08:39 AM

Do not talk about sri lanka , you talk about your land.WE WILL LOOK AFTER OUR PEOPLE .GO TO HELL

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johni Friday, 10 January 2014 09:08 AM

what about the humar rights situations created by USA in Afganistan and IRAQ

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Suq Madique Friday, 10 January 2014 09:10 AM

Self-appointed guardians of human rights also with blood on their hands. Height of hypocrisy??

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Ruwan Friday, 10 January 2014 09:29 AM

There is no point on commenting since he is not gonna hear what you say. The Government is to take the responsibility over this. They should have at least done something to implement the LLRC recommendations since there is nothing being done on the same , instead we are becoming more corrupt. I fear there is a high possibility of an international inquiry. We cannot win fighting with the US, UK and Canada that is why politicians should use their brains and handle things tactically , instead we have a majority of un educated MP's where most of them are thugs, drug dealers and murderer . I wish our people had enough sense to elect good and educated candidates to the parliment . May god save us

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gobi Friday, 10 January 2014 09:33 AM

Cry baby

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Vic Friday, 10 January 2014 09:43 AM

Very good move by the British and I welcome.

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Suq Madique Friday, 10 January 2014 09:51 AM

Can we know whats happening to the Chilcott report and why its not being released??

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