Sri Lanka's Crossroads

Dear Friends,

Yesterday Channel 4 News reported from Sri Lanka. You can watch the report here.

The report comes at a key time for Sri Lanka's future. Over the next few months the nature of Sri Lanka's process for dealing with the past will become apparent. It will either deal with Sri Lanka's legacy of pain or suffering, or it will fail yet again, further eroding trust and forging a path which could lead back to war.

Of crucial importance will be the involvement of international judges and prosecutors, without which survivors will not have any confidence in the process.

Yet already this is proving to be a difficult issue: last Thursday Sri Lanka's President categorically ruled that out, but in yesterday's interview for Channel 4 the Prime Minister stated that international involvement was still possible.

This is a vital issue, meaning that we have a vital few months ahead of us. And so we need your support. 

We need to ensure that the world's attention does not drift away from Sri Lanka. We need to make sure international scrutiny and pressure is maintained. Please help us to do that by:

• Sharing this video with family and friends.
• Sharing this picture to tell President Sirisena there must be no U turn.
• Giving what you can afford to support our campaigns.

Many thanks,

Sri Lanka Campaign

P.S. The video is also on YouTube here and here. 

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