Amnesty International – Page 2 – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Charity hands UN file to back Sri Lankan torture claims

By pearlaction | November 7, 2011 |

[Guardian UK] A UK charity that is pushing for a halt to deportations to Sri Lanka has handed the UN a file of medical evidence to support allegations that authorities there are continuing to torture opponents. [Full Story]

Testimony of Elaine Pearson before the House of Commons of Canada regarding Human Rights in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | November 1, 2011 |

[Human Rights Watch] Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for inviting Human Rights Watch to testify at this timely and important hearing. Over the last two decades, my organization, Human Rights Watch, has documented human rights violations in Sri Lanka, especially violations committed by security forces and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam…

Amnesty slams ‘disgraceful’ Commonwealth inaction on Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | October 30, 2011 |

[Amnesty Australia] Amnesty International is outraged that the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth has utterly failed to hold Sri Lanka to account over allegations of war crimes and other grave human rights abuses arising from the 2009 conflict. [Full Story]

Commonwealth leaders must stop Sri Lanka hosting key summit

By pearlaction | October 28, 2011 |

[Amnesty International] The Commonwealth risks becoming ‘irrelevant’ if its leaders allow Sri Lanka to become its next host, Amnesty International said today ahead of the organization’s biennial summit. [Full Story]

Australia pressured to investigate Sri Lanka envoy for warcrimes

By pearlaction | October 17, 2011 |

[Reuters] The International Commission of Jurists’ (ICJ) Australian section has handed police direct and credible evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Sri Lanka Navy during the last stages of the bloody civil war against Tamil rebels in 2009, The Age newspaper said, citing unidentified sources. [Full Story]