Canadian foreign minister condemns 'growing authoritarian trend'

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Dec 1, 2011

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, John Baird, asserted that Sri Lanka must take accountability for alleged war crimes seriously, and highlighted the "growing authoritarian trend".

Addressing the Commons foreign affairs committee on Thursday, Baird said,

"Two years after the civil war we've seen no meaningful attempt at reconciliation with the Tamil minority."

"We've also seen a growing authoritarian trend by the government in Colombo."

"Other countries have taken 10 years for reconciliation, other countries never reconcile. But it's incredibly important."

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