British politicians discuss justice for Tamil genocide at Conservative Party conference

04Oct 2018

The British Tamil Conservatives (BTC) hosted their annual reception at the Conservative Party Conference on this weekend, where ministers and parliamentarians came and pledged to work towards justice in Sri Lanka.

The event, which in recent years has become a popular fringe event at the conference, attracted many senior members from the British government and the Conservative party.

Former Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils and Chief of Staff of the Dept for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Lee Scott said justice in Sri Lanka remained paramount, declaring that “whatever President Sri Lanka may have, whatever time, people who committed atrocities, people who committed crimes must pay the price for those crimes”.

Robert Halfon, member of parliament for Harlow told the audience it was vital to recognize what happened was genocide. Responding to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s call to the UN to drop charges of war crimes, Halfon iterated “we must never let that happen”.

Theresa Villiers, member of parliament for Chipping Barnet, informed the audience the Conservative party believes that  real progress is needed in finding out the fate of those many thousands of people who tragically disappeared during the conflict and whose fate is still unknown.

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