The Government of Sri Lanka has consistently refused to acknowledge the grievances of minorities and has acted with impunity to block every attempt to establish an independent and credible investigation into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
This October the Commonwealth Heads of Government will meet in Perth, Australia, to discuss issues of worldwide importance, including human rights. We believe the Heads of Government present should send a strong message to the Government of Sri Lanka that it must fulfil the obligations it has to its people, and ensure that justice and accountability are achieved.
Please sign our petition and add your voice to the calls for justice in Sri Lanka.
We, the undersigned, call on the heads of government attending this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to support, in full, the recommendations made in the report by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sri Lanka, and to pass a resolution suspending Sri Lanka from the Councils of the Commonwealth until an independent and credible investigation takes place into the serious allegations of war crimes and human rights abuses committed during the final months of the war in Sri Lanka in 2009.
