23 March 2013
A new investigation has found that the torture of Tamil political prisoners is increasingly rife in Sri Lanka, with notable deaths in custody after prolonged abuse.
A report by the London-based Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, outlined that the Sri Lankan government has habitually defied laws and discredited post-conflict promises of reconciliation, by systematic abuse of prisoners, many of whom had no links to the war.
The Sri Lanka Campaign report outlined that the treatment of Tamil prisoners along with other human rights violations, had been unnoticed by an outside world eager to believe that the country's recent conflict is consigned to history.
The campaign director, Fred Carver, said,
"The report is an important reminder that not only were atrocities and war crimes committed on a large scale during the war but torture, arbitrary imprisonment and other human rights abuses continue on a large scale in Sri Lanka""David Cameron must show leadership by announcing that he will not attend the Commonwealth summit if it takes place in Colombo."
Further calls for action on CHOGM come as a Foreign & Commonwealth Office spokesman, noted on Friday, that with regards to the Commonwealth Heads of Governors Meeting, it was,
"too early to talk about UK attendance"
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