human rights issues – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Amnesty International and the Tamil community in Canada

By pearlaction | February 16, 2012 |

[Amnesty International Canada] There have been a number of recent media articles in Sri Lanka recently suggesting that Amnesty International’s impartiality had been compromised because the Canadian Tamil Congress chose to make Amnesty International Canada a beneficiary of funds raised at their third annual Walk-a-Thon held in Toronto in September 2011. The Walk-a-thon is an…

India presses Sri Lanka on political reform

By pearlaction | January 17, 2012 |

[BBC] India’s foreign minister has urged Sri Lanka to move forward with reconciliation and constitutional reform on a trip to the island nation. [Full Story]

David Cameron human rights plea at Commonwealth meeting

By pearlaction | October 29, 2011 |

[BBC] David Cameron has pressed for progress on a range of human rights issues during the Commonwealth summit. [Full Story]