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OPSEU calls for an end to the humanitarian crisis in Sri
Lanka
July 22, 2009
At the June OPSEU Executive
Board meeting, the Board passed a resolution to
call on the Canadian government to do the
following:
1. Ensure
immediate access to the conflict zone and the
mass civilian detention camps by the UN,
international aid agencies, human rights
organizations and the media;
2. Support
internationally mediated negotiations to achieve
a just and lasting political solution to the
conflict;
3. Support a UN
supervised investigation into war crimes and
crimes against humanity committed by any party
during the conflict ,and
4. Expedite
immigration and refugee applications from Sri
Lankans who have been displaced by the war and
/or who have family in Canada
Despite repeated calls from the
international community, the Sri Lankan
government has continued to bar international
humanitarian agencies, independent observers and
journalists from its mass detention camps. As
well, the human rights situation outside the
conflict zones in Sri Lanka has deteriorated
dramatically. Political opponents of the
government and independent journalists have been
subjected to threats, intimidation and
assassination, regardless of their ethnic
origin
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