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Sri Lanka: Open letter to Heads of Government attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting by Amnesty

OPEN LETTER to Heads of Government attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting November 23-26, 2009, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

Dear Heads of Government

On the occasion of the forthcoming meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government, Amnesty International would like to draw your attention to recent developments in Sri Lanka, and urge you to raise concerns regarding the human rights situation in that country with your Sri Lankan counterparts. In particular, we wish to alert you to continuing serious problems affecting the safety and dignity of Sri Lankans displaced by armed conflict. We also ask you to support our calls for greater accountability for abuses of human rights and humanitarian law suffered by Sri Lankan civilians.

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