{"id":85539,"date":"2013-05-04T05:45:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T00:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=85539"},"modified":"2013-05-11T10:11:58","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T04:41:58","slug":"campaigners-urge-rolls-royce-deal-not-to-influence-uks-position-over-human-rights-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/campaigners-urge-rolls-royce-deal-not-to-influence-uks-position-over-human-rights-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaigners Urge Rolls-Royce Deal Not To Influence UK&#8217;s Diplomatic Position Over Human Rights In Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Rolls-Royce\u00a0is expected to provide the engines for a multi-billion dollar refitting of SriLankan Airlines planes \u2013 but this must not influence the UK&#8217;s diplomatic position over\u00a0human rights\u00a0in the south Asian country, campaigners say,&#8221; the Guardian reports.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_85540\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/campaigners-urge-rolls-royce-deal-not-to-influence-uks-position-over-human-rights-in-sri-lanka\/cameron\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-85540\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85540\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85540\" title=\"Cameron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cameron-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cameron-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cameron.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-85540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cameron<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The deal has emerged at a time of mounting controversy over\u00a0Sri Lanka&#8217;s hosting of the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November, despite allegations that it is intensifying a crackdown on critics and increasing human rights abuses, the Guardian reports.<\/p>\n<p>SriLankan Airlines is set to retire its fleet of long-haul aircraft, reportedly replacing it with six Airbus A330-300 aircraft, at a cost of over $234m each, with Rolls-Royce Trent engines, and four Airbus A 350-900 with Rolls-Royce XWB engines, at a cost of over $283m each.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The aircraft would be acquired over the next seven years,&#8221; a Sri Lankan government official told the French press agency, AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Rolls-Royce said that it was not making any comment on reports of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This must not detract from raising human rights issues. 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