The government will introduce tough laws for human traffickers and organisers of boat trips and measures will be taken to forfeit their assets and will serve a jail term of up to 20 years instead of the present two.
This is a response to the essay of Dr. A.C. Visvalingam in the Sunday Island of August 26 titled “Improving the Atmosphere to Foster National Unity”.
To most of us the announcement of UNHRC’s Technical Team visit comes as a surprise but nothing that should cause frenzy other than the fact that most UN visits are generally not without bias and not without agenda. There is every possibility that the conclusive report is already drafted.
Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada, Ottawa
Dear Alex:
I have just read the statement issued by your outfit, Amnesty International (AI) which will be discussed at the UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva later this month.
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | |||||
