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e-1572 (Sri Lanka)
E-petition
Initiated by Mohamed Shukry from Toronto, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Whereas:
- Canada and Sri Lanka have maintained strong bilateral relationships finding common grounds in Commonwealth and Colombo Plan;
- Both countries do also share a common vision for upholding human rights;
- The recent riots and the inaction by government authorities, including the law enforcement authorities, left many minorities homeless and economically crippled;
- These coordinated attacks targeted businesses and worship locations of minorities, in particular the Muslim minorities in Sri Lanka;
- This is not the first riot against a minority community;
- This has been a regular occurrence across many parts of the country;
- Every single time the sequence of events is the same, such as no action from law enforcement and the policy makers turning a blind eye; and
- We strongly believe these are not the values Canada was hoping to share in common with Sri Lanka.
We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the Minister of Foreign Affairs to contact her counterpart in Sri Lanka, Minister Tilak Marapana, regarding the coordinated attacks by the Sinhalese mobs on the Muslim minority in Sri Lanka, and advise to take strong action against all the perpetrators, conduct a transparent investigation, compensate all the victims and uphold highest standards of human rights.
- Open for signature
- April 10, 2018, at 9:44 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- August 8, 2018, at 9:44 a.m. (EDT)
