The British government has submitted a top secret report citing the imposition of sanctions on the Sri Lankan military commander in the United Kingdom by the United Kingdom.
The 50-page report on alleged human rights abuses in the latter part of the war was submitted to the United Kingdom’s Commonwealth and Development Agency by the International Project for Truth and Justice (ITJP).
The United States has banned Army chief Shavendra Silva and his family from visiting the country since the beginning of last year, citing the credibility of allegations of war crimes and serious human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings.
The ITJP calls for the imposition of sanctions on General Shavendra Silva under the UK’s global human rights embargo regime established on July 6, 2020.
“The testimony provided by a large number of victims and witnesses currently living in the UK was crucial to the report and to linking the events with the operatives under Shavendra Silva and his command,” said the executive director of the organization, which issued a statement from Johannesburg, South Africa. Has been declared.
In a recent British parliamentary debate, eleven parliamentarians questioned why the UK was not imposing sanctions on Sri Lankan warlords, including Shavendra Silva, in a recent parliamentary debate on the political intent of the new UK regime to impose sanctions on Sri Lanka. TheITJP also mentioned that the name was mentioned.
