The United Kingdom thanks the High Commissioner for his report on Sri Lanka and recent visit.

We welcome the government’s commitments on human rights and accountability whilst also stressing the importance of tangible and sustained progress.

Action by the Sri Lankan authorities to exhume and investigate mass grave sites is vital. This should be carried out in line with international standards.

We share the High Commissioner’s continuing concerns around arbitrary detention, custodial deaths, intimidation of human rights defenders, and targeting of minority communities.

We remain deeply concerned about the continued use of legislation such as the Prevention of Terrorism Act to restrict fundamental freedoms despite public commitments to abolish it.

We also encourage the government to re-

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