Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Friday, November 22, 2013


    Shona Robison kept quiet about the human rights record of the Sri Lankan regime headed by president Mahinda Rajapaksa while visiting Colombo. Picture: Michael Hughes
  • Friday 22nd November 2013
Scotland’s sports minister Shona Robison should have been as brave as David Cameron and spoken out against Sri Lanka’s appalling human rights record, writes Richard Hamer
THERE has been much talk of the legacy the 2014 Commonwealth Games will leave for the people of Glasgow and Scotland as a nation, but becoming a silent witness to war crimes was not the sort of thing we had in mind.