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Sri Lanka: Homicide

Commons · Question 62950 · Tabled 26 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2025

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Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made support an independent UN investigation into the Chemmani site in Sri Lanka, which includes (a) exhumations, (b) forensic analysis, and (c) v

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Answered by Catherine West, 2 Jul 2025

The UK Government is deeply concerned by the recent discovery of the mass grave in Chemmani. We remain committed to supporting accountability for human rights violations and we regularly meet the Government of Sri Lanka to discuss reconciliation and accou...