Request to impose sanctions against Sri Lanka army commander Shavendra Silva should be rejected!

By Dr. Neville Hewage

A leading Human Rights lawyer Yasmin Sooka, Executive Director of International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP), announced that ITJP submitted their deliberation against current Sri Lanka army commander Shavendra Silva on April 12, 2021. ITJP request to impose sanctions against the army commander.

The ITJP submission argues why Silva, Sri Lanka’s current Army Commander, should be designated under the United Kingdom’s Global Human Rights
(GHR) Sanctions Regime established on July 6, 2020. 

Dr. Neville Hewage and his legal team of the Ontario Center for Policy Research joined Jaryaraj Palihawadana, Solicitor, and his legal team of London Initiative, UK. A joint deliberation was submitted to the Sanctions Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom, on June 16, 2021. Dr.Hewage is the lead author of the deliberation and argued that IITJP submissions are politically motivated and should be rejected without further consideration. 

Dr. Hewage and his legal team also submitted deliberation with London Initiative legal team against the de-proscription of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Tamil terrorist group in UK.  The Proscribed Organization Appeal Tribunal  in the UK exercised its discretion not to issue relief for the Tamil terrorist
organization. Dr. Hewage and his legal team successful in their submission. LTTE is remained proscribe in the UK. 

Please read the complete deliberation against imposing sanctions against Sri Lanka Army commander Shavaendra Silva here:
http://www.srilankancanadian.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Neville_Hewage_Submission_Shavindra_Silva_V3_Final.pdf