Poser about Sri Lanka in UK Parliament

Tuesday, 8 February 2022 01:05 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

The UK Parliament last week saw a question raised about alleged abuses against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka.

Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi asked the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by the International Truth and Justice Project, entitled ‘Sri Lanka: Torture and Sexual Violence by Security Forces 2020-21’, published in September 2021, what steps her department is taking to support the Tamil population of Sri Lanka; and what steps her department is taking in response to the recommendations for UN member states in that report.

Minister of State for Asia and MP Amanda Milling in response said that the UK Government takes very seriously the allegations of torture and sexual violence in the report ‘Sri Lanka: Torture and Sexual Violence by Security Forces 2020-2021’.

She said South Asia Minister (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon has raised the importance of these issues on several occasions with the Sri Lankan High Commissioner and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris. During his visit to Sri Lanka of 18-20 January, he raised serious concerns around the deteriorating human rights situation when he met the President, Foreign Minister and other members of the Sri Lankan Government. The Foreign Secretary raised the importance of upholding human rights when she met Foreign Minister Peiris on 26 October 2021.

“We will continue to support the monitoring of the human rights situation and accountability in Sri Lanka by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as mandated by the UN Human Rights Council resolution 46/1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka,” Milling added.

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