Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 52505

Sri Lanka: War Crimes

Tabled: 14 May 2025
Answered: 2 June 2025

Question

Uma Kumaran

LabourStratford and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether former SAS soldiers working in private mercenary companies had any involvement in the committing of war crimes during the Sri

Answer

Catherine West
The UK Government is committed to human rights in Sri Lanka for all its communities and will continue to press for truth, reconciliation, accountability and justice for victims of the Sri Lankan civil war. On 24 March, the Foreign Secretary announced sanc...

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