Apr 1, 2016
Today Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, a Dominican and British lawyer and former Attorney General for England, Wales and Northern Ireland takes over as Secretary General of the Commonwealth. Her job will be to rebuild an institution which her...
Aug 14, 2015
Two years on and the legacy of David Cameron’s visit to the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting remains a topic of debate. His historic visit to the North of Sri Lanka, though regarded by some as a powerful gesture of solidarity with members of the...
Feb 6, 2014
Britain’s Foreign Office has had a puzzling policy towards Sri Lanka in recent years. At times it has been downright terrible: selling arms to Sri Lanka and denying the clear evidence of torture by Sri Lankan security forces. At other times it has been a deal...
Nov 21, 2013
Following on from last week’s Commonwealth Summit we were concerned that there might be reprisals against those who had been brave enough to speak out. We have now seen worrying signs that this might be happening. We received this report from Mannar today, the...
Nov 18, 2013
The Commonwealth Summit has now ended. It was broadly seen as a complete disaster for both the Commonwealth and Sri Lanka.Only 27 of the 53 invited Heads of Government attended. 23 nations sent lesser representation (Antigua, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Canada, Mauritius,...
