1. Amnesty International's report on the failings of Sri Lanka's domestic Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission and a joint letter to the Commonwealth by prominent human rights organisations including Human Rights Watch, Minority Rights Group International and the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEkSCUQa2uA&feature=share
Human Rights Watch - Sri Lanka: ‘Bait and Switch’ on Emergency Law
http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/07/sri-lanka-bait-and-switch-emergency-law
Amnesty International - Sri Lanka: Inquiry into armed conflict fundamentally flawed
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/sri-lanka-inquiry-armed-conflict-fundamentally-flawed-2011-09-07
Amnesty International - Sri Lanka: When will they get justice? Failures of Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission- http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA37/008/2011/en/76ea6500-a9f5-4946-bf2b-7fc08bc5e37a/asa370082011en.pdf
Associated Press - Rights group: Sri Lanka still uses abusive laws
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j2yc9B8xrLDM3MSQgM-o--enoqJQ?docId=1a496298e9dd4a978b6a046f0b4c9d03
2. Upcoming elections and the importance of being a part of it and voting
- join meetings to ask questions, plans from each candidate for the communities we live in
- learn about their backgrounds
- volunteer to do canvassing for the local candidate of your choice
- learn about the opposing candidates, their plans, backgrounds
- essential for understanding the Canadian political landscape
- essential to understand the provincial election process
- election day, you can volunteer to be at the polls performing various jobs.
- you get an experience that will certainly leave you more educated and a desire to learn more and participate
3.
Petitions:
Commonwealth Leaders Must Call For Justice in Sri Lanka
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Sri-Lanka-CHOGM/
Stop the 2018 Commonwealth Games Going to Sri Lanka
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Sri-Lanka-Commonwealth-Games/
Independent, international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/14586
Thursday, September 8, 2011
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