Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) targeting of civilians by the Sri Lankan military. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act, which governs marriage in the Muslim community, contains numerous - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Members will be aware, this House is well acquainted with the issue of Sri Lankan human rights. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Those are key strands of the UK Government’s policy towards Sri Lanka. - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Jan. 09 2024
Inquiry: Work of the Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeFound: I represent a very large Jewish community and a very large Muslim community.
Mentions:
1: Maria Miller (Con - Basingstoke) Sri Lanka’s armed conflict, and arbitrarily accused Tamils of links to terrorist organisations.”That - Speech Link
2: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) He mentioned the Muslim community. - Speech Link
3: Sam Tarry (Lab - Ilford South) Lankan perpetrators of human rights abuses.Despite that, the UK is yet to sanction a single alleged - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) The UK delegation led work on the most recent UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka, which - Speech Link
Jul. 13 2023
Source Page: Human Rights and Democracy Report 2022Found: The Minister for Human Rights, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, raised the situation with the Sri Lankan
Mentions:
1: William Wragg (CON - Hazel Grove) the UK being in breach of our commitments under UN Security Council resolution 2334. - Speech Link
2: Julie Elliott (LAB - Sunderland Central) , in flagrant defiance of successive UN Security Council resolutions, which the UK helped draft and voted - Speech Link
3: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) the BDS movement, has on its board organisations including the Council of National and Islamic Forces - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) Muslim organisations, Jewish organisations, trade unions, human rights organisations, libertarian organisations - Speech Link
5: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) Lankan Administration owing to their genocidal attack on the Tamils, with their continued abuse of human - Speech Link
Dec. 09 2022
Source Page: Human Rights and Democracy Report 2021Found: The Sri Lankan government opposed the resolution and continued to reverse progress on post-conflict accountability
Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) level of Sri Lankan society. - Speech Link
2: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) In the UK, the Tamil Guardian has had its content taken offline because of complaints from the Sri Lankan - Speech Link
3: Ed Davey (LDEM - Kingston and Surbiton) primarily against Tamils and Muslim Sri Lankans, must be repealed. - Speech Link
4: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) organisations in all bilateral talks on UK official development assistance to Sri Lanka to ensure that - Speech Link
5: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon made that point to Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe in July and to Sri Lankan - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Jul. 19 2022
Inquiry: Proposals for backbench debatesFound: Monetary Fund when deciding issues relating to Sri Lanka, but the UK has yet to exercise many of the
Mentions:
1: Catherine West (LAB - Hornsey and Wood Green) to the Sri Lankan people. - Speech Link
2: Ed Davey (LDEM - Kingston and Surbiton) on the island of Sri Lanka, including the Tamil and Muslim minorities? - Speech Link
3: Stephen Timms (LAB - East Ham) After that, the UK, with Sri Lanka, jointly moved a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council - Speech Link
4: Matt Rodda (LAB - Reading East) many towns and cities across the UK; I pay tribute to the local Sri Lankan community in Berkshire. - Speech Link
5: Sam Tarry (LAB - Ilford South) Will the UK Government make representations to the effect that the new Sri Lankan Government must be - Speech Link
Report Apr. 29 2022
Inquiry: UK aid to PakistanFound: Sixth Report - UK aid to Pakistan HC 102 Report