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A pre-recorded speech by Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is proven at a convention in Tokyo, on Could 26.Eugene Hoshiko/The Related Press
Canada is imposing sanctions on 4 senior leaders of Sri Lanka, together with two latest presidents, accusing them of human rights violations throughout that nation’s civil warfare.
The sanctions goal former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned final July, and his older brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has held the titles of president and prime minister.
Gotabaya briefly fled his nation final summer season after mass protests over dwelling prices, whereas Mahinda resigned from his submit as prime minister final spring.
Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhalese inhabitants had praised the brothers for defeating Tamil separatists after a 26-year civil warfare, however they’re now banned from any monetary dealings in Canada.
Additionally sanctioned are two senior navy officers, together with Sunil Ratnayake, whom a court docket sentenced to loss of life for his position in a bloodbath of Tamils in 2000.
Ottawa can be sanctioning navy commander Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi, who has been accused of abducting civilians who have been later killed.
