Sri Lanka is a 'human rights priority', says UK tamilguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tamilguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The UK government said it “continues to be concerned by increasing tensions around land" in the North-East in response to a question raised by Scottish National Party (SNP) MP Patrick Grady about the arrest of eight Tamils at Vedukkunaari Hill temple in Vavuniya last month.
Six of the eight Tamils who were arrested at Vedukkunaari Hill temple in Vavuniya last month, filed a complaint at Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Colombo after the local office in Vavuniya failed to take action over the case.
British politicians called on the UK government to exert more pressure on Sri Lanka by referring them to the International Criminal Court, imposing targeted sanctions and to evaluate it's military co-operation over the island's history of human rights abuses.
Vedukkunaari Hill; A Cross Section of Failing Cultural Rights groundviews.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from groundviews.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.