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Saturday, October 31, 2009

British MPs call for suspension of GSP+, Sri Lanka's removal from Commonwealth

British MPs call for suspension of GSP+, Sri Lanka's removal from Commonwealth


Source: [TamilNet, Friday, 30 October 2009, 05:30 GMT]

Several British Members of Parliament participated in a debate on Sri Lanka's internment camps, Wednesday 28 October for nearly 3 hours starting from 2:30 p.m. Many MPs cited the inhumane conditions under which more than 250,000 Tamil civilians are being kept in military supervised internment camps in Sri Lanka and called for the termination of GSP+ trade benefits and suspension of Sri Lanka from British Commonwealth. Joan Ryan, the Labour MP for Enfield North and a vice chair of the Labor party, initiated the debate.
 
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30530

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