Analysis: Should the UK boycot the CHOGM in Sri Lanka? 05.11.13
82 views · Published 22 October 2014 · 25:11 · Indexed 1 November 2026
Channel: Islam Channel · 2014 · News & Politics
Should the UK be boycotting the CHOGM in Sri Lanka? The Commonwealth heads of government meeting is being held in Columbo, Sri Lanka this week amid widespread calls for the UK to boycott the event. Sri Lanka is a controversial choice to host the event due to highly questionable human rights records over persecution of the Tamil community. The Sri Lankan government have not yet been held to account for alleged war crimes at the end of the civil war of which there is mounting evidence. Chaired by presenter Jonathan Steele, to discuss this in the studio are Raj Vakesan from the British Tamil Forum and Jonathan Wilks Senior Lawyer from the International Bar Association and via Skype Emanuel Stoakes, a freelance journalist who specialises in international human rights reporting.
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