"There is 'huge dissent' among the public regarding Callum Macrae, the Channel 4 Director who exposed alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, and the people appear to have taken steps on their own to agitate."

"An important part of my purpose of coming to Sri Lanka was to meet members of the Tamil community as well as those working across Sri Lanka to promote human rights, reconciliation and accountability for past crimes. I am pleased that the Prime Minister is visiting the north of Sri Lanka to see for himself the work that needs to be done to address the legacy of the conflict.

"More than four years after Sri Lanka’s ethnic-fueled internal conflict came to an end after 26 years, the country has yet to implement a viable plan for lasting peace and reconciliation.

A train carrying the Channel 4 news team, who were traveling to Kilinochchi, ground to a halt at Anuradhapura this morning, as it became mobbed by a crowd of over 100 protesters shouting and carrying placards in Sinhala.

“They're not giving my brother. We are not even allowed to catch a glimpse of him to know he's safe. Why are they not letting us see him? You allow so many Sinhalese to go, but you won't let Tamils go?"
 

“It may be astonishing to some that even on the eve of CHOGM, the Sri Lankan government feels free to abuse rights at the heart of the Commonwealth charter. But such government repression of civil society was expected."

"Commonwealth leaders must not just turn a blind eye.”