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Sanction Shavendra Silva
50-page dossier submitted by ITJP
April 12, 2021
The International Truth and Justice Project has compiled a 50-page dossier which it has submitted to the Sanctions Department of the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office on General Shavendra Silva in April 2021. https://itjpsl.com/assets/Final-english-press-release-shavendra-magnitsky.pdf Read more
Signature Campaign started by ICPPG
April 30, 2021
The International Centre for Prevention and Prosecution of Genocide (ICPPG) started the signature campaign (Time for the UK to sanction Sri Lanka’s Army commander, war criminal Shavendra Silva) to Sanctions Department Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) on 30th April 2021. https://www.change.org/p/time-for-the-uk-to-sanction-sri-lanka-s-army-commander-war-criminal-shavendra-silva Read more
Report submitted to FCDO by ICPPG
May 1, 2021
Similarly, on 1st May 2021, the International Centre for Prevention and Prosecution of Genocide (ICPPG), another Human Rights Organization submitted a report based on the testimonies of more than 100 people who had been tortured recently in Sri Lanka since Shavendra Silva assumed duty as the commander of the army and demanded that Shavendra Silva be banned by the British government for his involvement in on going torture and sexual violence. https://icppg.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ICPPG-Letter-to-FCDO-Sanction-SHAVENDRA-SILVA-01.05.2021.pdf Read more
Hon. McLaughlin Anne MP tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM 64)
May 18, 2021
On 18th May 2021, Hon. McLaughlin Anne MP tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM 64) recognising the 12th year anniversary of the Mullivaikkal Genocide and calling for independent investigations into the war crimes as well as adding General Shavendra Silva, Acting Chief of Defence Staff and the Commander of the Sri Lankan Army to the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, thus demonstrating the UK’s commitment to international human rights obligations and that international action is the only way that accountability, reconciliation and peace will come to the beautiful island of Sri Lanka and all of its people across the world. https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/58497/12th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-the-sri-lankan-civil-war Read more