Canada should refuse to accept Sri Lankan Air Marshal Dias as high commissioner
"This is not the first time the Sri Lankan government has appointed as head of a foreign mission a person with a history of apparent responsibility for mass violations of international human rights. In 2015, Sri Lankan Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya was appointed ambassador to Brazil, with responsibility also for Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Suriname. In August 2017, once he had assumed his posting, a coalition of human rights groups filed a war-crimes lawsuit against him in Brazil. The groups urged the expulsion of Jayasuriya from his diplomatic post so the case could proceed. Jayasuriya returned to Sri Lanka before a decision was made.
"Canada should not allow diplomatic postings to be safe havens for people against whom there is compelling evidence of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity. Canada should tell the government of Sri Lanka that Dias is unwelcome here as its high commissioner."
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