Canada deeply concerned by violence in Sri Lanka
The Canadian government said it was deeply concerned by the recent inter-communal violence in Sri Lanka and urged all sides to engage in inclusive dialogue and exercise restraint to ensure peace and stability.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said;
“Canada is deeply concerned by recent inter-communal violence in Sri Lanka, in which Muslims were targeted. Canada urges all sides to engage in inclusive dialogue and exercise restraint to ensure peace and stability. We call for an immediate end to hate and misinformation campaigns inciting sectarian violence.
“Canada welcomes the Government of Sri Lanka’s condemnation of the violent acts. Canada calls on the government to ensure the safety and security of all minorities, to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms for all and to hold those responsible for the violence accountable. As we said at the United Nations Human Rights Council last month, frustrations persist among those trying to heal the wounds of Sri Lanka’s civil war. Ensuring that diversity and pluralism are valued is critical to the work of reconciliation in Sri Lanka.”
(Source: Daily Mirror)
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hallelujah!
Canadians are not really concerned in what is going on in sri lanka beyond an expression of solidarity with with the surrogate tamil residents in Canadian to muster the few votes that would be cast during elections. So the only sensible thing to do is to ask the canadians to shut up….Hllelujah!!
why cannot the candians spokeswoman speak to the myanmar government to assimilate the million persecuted rohingiyans. Perhaps canadains wants to maintain goodwill or simply sacred of anatagonising the chinese. Hallelujah!!!
why dont the canadians get the UN mission in SL to be their wtachdog
There are parallels between cleansing in Myanmar and in Sri Lanka.
The Rohingya, a Muslim minority group from Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state, have long suffered state-sponsored discrimination and what the United Nations has deemed to be crimes against humanity. Roughly 700,000 of them have fled across the border to Bangladesh amidst waves of violence after insurgent attacks sparked a vicious security crackdown last year.
Although Myanmar is home to over a million Rohingyas, the Buddhist-majority country doesn’t recognize their rights. Myanmar classifies them as illegal immigrants, not citizens.
In recent years, the violence against the Rohingya carried out by state officials and Buddhist extremists has included rape, arson, shootings, beatings and torture. These acts amount to ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, according to international rights organisations. Some human rights groups argue the violence looks increasingly like genocide.
Isn’t this a replication of what happens in our emerald Isle?