Tagged: Human Rights

Ms Siobhain McDonagh
Member for Mitcham and Morden
House of Commons
London

Dear Ms McDonagh

Your expression of sympathy, in your letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, with the thousands of your Tamil constituents who have been indirectly affected by the “atrocities” committed by the Sri Lankan military in the closing stages of the war against the most vicious terrorist outfit in 2009 raises some pertinent questions (The Island, Sri Lanka, 7 Jan 2013).

If India is to counter China and the US seeking twin “strings of pearls” of influence in the region, then that can be achieved not from muscle or money power, but from moral consistency in its actions

Northern Ireland parliamentarian for North Antrim from Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Ian Paisley Jr said that Sri Lanka has made more measurable gains post-conflict than Northern Ireland.

The Canadian government yesterday reiterated that persons seeking greener pastures in Canada illegally will only be wasting their money since it has taken every possible step with other countries abroad to identify and prevent human smuggling operations targeting Canada.