{"id":83289,"date":"2013-04-20T19:44:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T14:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=83289"},"modified":"2013-04-20T23:56:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T18:26:25","slug":"hold-the-sri-lankan-regime-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/hold-the-sri-lankan-regime-accountable\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold The Sri Lankan Regime Accountable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bob+Rae&amp;x=12&amp;y=4\">Bob Rae<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83290\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/hold-the-sri-lankan-regime-accountable\/bob-rae\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83290\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83290\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-83290\" title=\"Bob Rae\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Bob-Rae-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Bob-Rae-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Bob-Rae-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Rae<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The reports of recent attacks at the Uthayan newspaper and on-going violence in Sri Lanka are deeply concerning.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs has not matched his rhetoric on Sri Lanka with concrete, strong actions. He must work to persuade members of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) to take collective action against the Rajapaksa regime\u2019s continued violation of Commonwealth values and principles.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberal Party of Canada is urging Minister Baird to engage with his counterparts at the upcoming CMAG meeting on Friday, April 26, to hold the Sri Lankan regime accountable for the impeachment of its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=shirani+Bandaranayake&amp;x=13&amp;y=5\">Chief Justice<\/a><\/span>, the absolute deterioration of democracy and rule of law, and the violent attacks on minorities. The Minister must additionally use this occasion to push for the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be moved from Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, we are calling on the Government of Canada to formally request that the Commonwealth Secretary General seek an independent legal opinion as to whether the Sri Lankan regime has violated the Commonwealth\u2019s Charter; should this be the case, then the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Commonwealth&amp;x=11&amp;y=3\">Commonwealth<\/a><\/span> must rightfully suspend Sri Lanka\u2019s membership from the association.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Canadian Liberal party communique &#8211; Issued April 20, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":83290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-editorial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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