12/10/2009
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International USA Testimony
before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
"The Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka: Internally Displaced People (IDP)"
12/08/2009
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IPS
Despite ongoing concern about the country’s human-rights situation, the United States should seek a more positive relationship with strife-torn Sri Lanka, primarily for geo-political reasons, according to a new report released here Monday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
12/07/2009
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US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
With the end of the war, the United States needs to re-evaluate its relationship with Sri Lanka to reflect new political and economic realities. While humanitarian concerns remain important, U.S. policy toward Sri Lanka cannot be dominated by a single agenda. It is not effective at delivering real reform, and it shortchanges U.S. geostrategic interests in the region.
The challenge for the United States will be to encourage Sri Lanka to embrace political reform and respect for human rights without pushing the country towards Burma-like isolation, while still building a multifaceted bilateral relationship that reflects geostrategic interests.