Commonwealth Leaders Must Call For Justice in Sri Lan



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• Target: The Commonwealth Heads of Government

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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.



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we signed "Commonwealth Leaders Must Call For Justice in Sri Lanka"

# 385

00:41, Sep 10, Selliah Pararajasingam, United Kingdom

Evil prevail when good men fail to act

# 384

22:01, Sep 09, R. Sri Ranjan, Canada

War criminals should not be rewarded!

# 383

21:40, Sep 09, aathi velmurugan, India

you are our final hope

# 382

19:48, Sep 09, Name not displayed, Canada

# 381

16:01, Sep 09, A Balachandran, Canada

# 380

15:33, Sep 09, Ana Pararajasingham, Australia

Justice delayed is justice denied

# 379

14:38, Sep 09, abiran halo, France

we need our justice ………

# 378

13:38, Sep 09, arul ranjithan, MD

The Tamils in Sri Lanka are deprived of basic human rights and are truly treated as children of a lesser God.the world leaders owe it to humanity to bring them justiceand a chance to live their lives with dignity

# 377

11:13, Sep 09, Name not displayed, Canada

# 376

08:44, Sep 09, selvam ranganthan, Malaysia

JUSTICE TO TAMIL !!! Sri Lanka’s ‘war criminals’

# 375

07:35, Sep 09, Nathan Pathma, Canada

# 374

06:51, Sep 09, sivakumaran nadarajah, LA

# 373

05:21, Sep 09, Tony Francis, United Kingdom

Heads of Government,with a lead from India- as a measure of accord with the 60 million TAMILS in India-must ensure that the Government of Sri Lanka fulfills its obligations with regads to HUMAN RIGHTS and it takes immediate measures to establish a credible and independent investigation into the alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes and should include genocide.

# 372

04:59, Sep 09, KANDASAMY .PUVANESAN, Malaysia

ENSURE JUSTICE FOR THE TAMIL CIVILIANS

# 371

04:30, Sep 09, Kowshy Shan, Canada

Please save the Tamil people from Dictator Genocidal Sinhala Regime.

# 370

03:00, Sep 09, Mahendran Moorthy, United Kingdom

# 369

00:36, Sep 09, J Fernando, Australia

# 368

18:41, Sep 08, a vivekanantha, Australia

# 367

17:42, Sep 08, gladvin vincent, Canada

# 366

16:15, Sep 08, Vinotha Rajprameelan, Canada

# 365

15:56, Sep 08, soma ilango, PA

# 364

14:32, Sep 08, Name not displayed, Canada

# 363

11:55, Sep 08, Name not displayed, Canada

# 362

10:53, Sep 08, Cecil Swampillai, United Kingdom

# 361

07:37, Sep 08, Bala Thurai, Canada

# 360

07:15, Sep 08, Selvam Sridas, Canada

# 359

06:40, Sep 08, Name not displayed, Canada

# 358

06:11, Sep 08, Name not displayed, Canada

# 357

05:35, Sep 08, Jo Stocks, United Kingdom

# 356

04:27, Sep 08, Name not displayed, Australia

# 355

04:18, Sep 08, Name not displayed, Australia

CHOGM – You took action very lately w.r.t Zimbabe,Pakistan,Fiji Etc. Don’t make the same mistake with Sri Lanka. The situation is very serious for Tamils. Genocidal GoSL will hood wink you all and don’t let them get away with it – war crimes.

# 354

04:13, Sep 08, Kavi S, Canada

# 353

03:22, Sep 08, Name not displayed, Canada

# 352

02:31, Sep 08, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

The Tamils are also an important part of Commonwealth, they deserve justice. Please investigate the war crimes in Sri Lanka for the benifit of humanity.

# 351

02:29, Sep 08, sinnathurai kamalanathan, Germany

# 350

22:23, Sep 07, Name not displayed, Australia

The SL is robbing Tamil Soverignity together with the natural resources (oil reserves) and inherited farming & development aptitudes & persiverance together with history,culture, language, religion and the social life and freedom while west only trumpets over Self Determination withoout understanding ‘democrasy’ does not mean & implicate the majority harassing the minorities by prevelant & introduceed demography. Tamil Eelam may not be East-Timore or Libya but should have has its own identity like Singapore, Hong Kong or Thaiwan etc by virtue of abilty & service deliveries by Tamils I could contribute my p/t dedication ad commitments to introduce & assist in formulating propositions and support service to TE development programs and to liaise and be active with GTF if being approached & fascilitated towards TE beyond Singapore/Hong-Kpng or Thaiwan etc.

# 349

21:42, Sep 07, Selva Ramu, Canada

Srilanka government should be punished for its genocide on the Tamils for the last 62 years, and still continueing.

# 348

21:05, Sep 07, Venkatesan Palanisamy, India

Sri Lanka is a Genocidal state. Considering the country for Commonwealth games is a Injustice to Humanity.

# 347

18:57, Sep 07, Aria Yoges, Malaysia

# 346

18:21, Sep 07, Name not displayed, Canada

# 345

18:20, Sep 07, Sandy Vadi, Canada

The Military Solution envisaged by the Tamil leaders in the past six decades, has now been installed in the Tamil regions successfully. The Commonwealth Heads of various Governments cannot let another slavery in the 21st century.

# 344

17:47, Sep 07, Name not displayed, Canada

# 343

17:32, Sep 07, Carol Munter, NY

# 342

17:28, Sep 07, Kanther Sivanathan, Canada

# 341

15:54, Sep 07, Sita kumar, Canada

we need justic. Justic to our Tamils

# 340

14:08, Sep 07, GOPALAN ARUMUGAM, Canada

# 339

13:54, Sep 07, Name not displayed, PA

# 338

13:45, Sep 07, Name not displayed, Germany

# 337

12:40, Sep 07, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 336

12:35, Sep 07, Name not displayed, Canada

I sincerely do hope the civilized people will press the international community including the UN for concrete action against war criminals and genocidal regime in Sri Lanka. When citizens of a country are not protected but hunted down by their own government, the U.N and specially US has an obligation to protect these people by invoking the R2P (Responsibility to Protect, the Global Citizens, a Canadian doctrine adopted by the UN in 2005) to save these global citizens who are facing extermination and genocide. It is imperative that unless Sri Lanka’s ‘war criminals’ are punished by the civilized world for their crimes against Humanity, the "Sri Lankan Model" would become a nightmare in the future for the world to comprehend.

# 335

11:29, Sep 07, Anandaraj Ponnambalam, NY

# 334

09:46, Sep 07, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 333

09:12, Sep 07, Corinne McCarthy, United Kingdom

# 332

08:31, Sep 07, Joseph Selkon, United Kingdom

# 331

08:07, Sep 07, Ivan Pedropillai, United Kingdom

WE CALL FOR THE PROVEN WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED BY THE SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MUST DISCUSS THESE CRIMES COMMITTED BY A MEMBER GOVERNMENT AND ON THE BASIS OF THE REPORT OF THE UN PANEL ON SRI LANKA DECIDE: (1) TO SUSPEND SRI LANKA FROM MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMONWEALTH UNTIL IT IS DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY BY THE ICC, AND (2) REFER THEIR DECISION TO THE ICC CALLING FOR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PERPETRATORS OF THESE HEINOUS CRIMES AMOUNTING TO GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TAMILS OF SRI LANKA.

# 330

07:50, Sep 07, Malini Gnanendran, PA

# 329

07:34, Sep 07, M Mahendren, United Kingdom

# 328

07:04, Sep 07, Bala Ravi, United Kingdom

# 327

06:52, Sep 07, Appapillai Rajendra, NJ

# 326

06:43, Sep 07, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 325

06:36, Sep 07, Ela Aruna, Germany

# 324

06:18, Sep 07, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 323

06:07, Sep 07, Name not displayed, Australia

# 322

05:49, Sep 07, kana sivanantha, Australia

# 321

05:17, Sep 07, KAVITHA KRISNAGOPAL, Canada

# 320

22:50, Sep 06, Gerard Thurai, United Kingdom

We need to acknowledge our wounds before healing may begin

# 319

21:26, Sep 06, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 318

18:54, Sep 06, Kumarathasan Rasingam, Canada

# 317

18:38, Sep 06, Sinnathankachchi YhuraiappaH, Canada

# 316

18:21, Sep 06, Sathi Nannithamby, Canada

# 315

18:15, Sep 06, Name not displayed, Australia

# 314

17:39, Sep 06, Name not displayed, Canada

# 313

14:33, Sep 06, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

Tamils and Muslims in Srilanka should be allowed to live with dignity. The Rajapakse regime should face trial for the atrocities commmited to tens of thousands of tamils.

# 312

14:05, Sep 06, Nadarajah Balasubramaniam, United Kingdom

# 311

12:25, Sep 06, Gowri Manickavasagar, United Kingdom

Commonwealth should set an example

# 310

10:57, Sep 06, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 309

10:09, Sep 06, vimala sivarasan, United Kingdom

# 308

10:02, Sep 06, Susanna Riviere, United Kingdom

# 307

09:40, Sep 06, Sridevy Sriskandarajah, Sweden

Truth should win soon!

# 306

09:39, Sep 06, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 305

09:25, Sep 06, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 304

09:18, Sep 06, Sasireka Kanagaratnam, Canada

# 303

08:42, Sep 06, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 302

08:30, Sep 06, Graham Williamson, United Kingdom

# 301

08:20, Sep 06, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

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