Sri Lanka
David Cameron, who is The United Kingdom’s current Prime Minister wishes to visit the war torn north of Sri Lanka in order to find out in detail what exactly went on over the course of about a half years’ time, and what has led to the horrific deaths of so many of its civilians. Cameron has requested a meeting with the controversial President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, after what the United Nations believes to be extremely heinous deaths of over 40,000 civilians over the course of the last few months during that nation’s civil war. The UN thinks that these people were tortured, kidnapped, and in some cases were brutally murdered through various war crimes. The Prime Minister views these atrocities as things that are in need of discussion. He plans to attend The Commonwealth Summit, which is an important gathering of about 51 nation’s political leaders to discuss politics among many other things. He has requested a personal sit down with the Sri Lankan leader because of what has gone on, presumably under his command. He believes that simply attending the summit without letting his beliefs be heard does no good to anyone. Canada and India have already announced plans to boycott the event because of the nature of the Presidents alleged actions.
The countries leaders refuse to take any responsibility, and deny all allegations. The country is primarily run by one family since 2005. “One of Rajapaksa brothers serving as the economy minister, another holding the defense secretary title and a third serving as speaker in a parliament firmly controlled by Rajapaksa's coalition” They even go as far as saying that the media is simply fabricating these atrocities to paint Sri Lanka into a bad light. They continue to say that the collectively have nothing to hide, and that there are organizations in place to investigate these accusations, and that serve as an outlet for people in need. The Sri Lankan leaders also express the fact that they are a sovereign nation, and
The countries leaders refuse to take any responsibility, and deny all allegations. The country is primarily run by one family since 2005. “One of Rajapaksa brothers serving as the economy minister, another holding the defense secretary title and a third serving as speaker in a parliament firmly controlled by Rajapaksa's coalition” They even go as far as saying that the media is simply fabricating these atrocities to paint Sri Lanka into a bad light. They continue to say that the collectively have nothing to hide, and that there are organizations in place to investigate these accusations, and that serve as an outlet for people in need. The Sri Lankan leaders also express the fact that they are a sovereign nation, and