Act now joins human rights groups across the globe

Act now joins human rights groups across the globe

[Press Release, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 09:44]

ACT NOW JOINS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ACROSS THE GLOBE IN LAUNCHING AN INTERNATIONAL BOYCOTT CAMPAIGN AGAINST SRI LANKAN PRODUCTS AND TOURISM

UK based Human rights Group Act Now joined forces at the weekend with other organisations around the globe to launch an international  boycott  against the Sri Lankan textile and tourism industries. The tourism and textile industries have helped fund a Government which has carried out  indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas in a civil war which killed over 20,000 innocent civilians this year alone and created a further 20,000 amputees. The money from such industries continues to fund a government with an appalling human rights record that still illegally detains over 200,000 innocent civilians in camps.

Act Now Director Tim Martin, was quoted in the Times yesterday as  condemning Ben Bradshaw, UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for taking his Christmas holiday in Sri Lanka just days after the British government condemned the Colombo administration for its poor human rights record (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6963667.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084).

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Act now joins human rights groups across the globe