Sri Lankan Government: LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron

LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron: LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday rejected calls to boycott a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka next month because of concerns over the country's human rights record, but said he would raise difficult issues at the talks. , according to Reuters. In particular, campaigners want the Sri Lankan government to allow an independent investigation into allegations that government forces committed war crimes towards the end of a civil war that ended in 2009 after almost three decades. By Peter Griffiths Rights groups have urged world leaders to stay away from the meeting in Colombo to protest against what they have described as a "human rights crisis" in the former British colony, suggesting attendance could help legitimize the situation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.