Sri Lanka: World must not abandon Sri Lanka’s victims after CHOGM

Headline Title: Sri Lanka: World must not abandon Sri Lanka’s victims after CHOGM 17 November 2013 The international community must keep up pressure on the Sri Lankan government to address its human rights crisis, Amnesty International said as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo draws to a close.“Sri Lanka may well regret having hosted the Commonwealth summit which has proved a PR disaster for the government. Most of the focus has rightly been on the country’s appalling human rights record," Steve Crawshaw, Director of the Office of the Secretary…

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