Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Sorry, I didn't understand your question. I don't believe others are, no. I think the mandate and the practice of the LLRC, during the months it did operate and listen to groups or individuals, discouraged many people—or certainly groups. To my knowledge, there's certainly no in

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As always, there's discussion and dispute about that. The general comments have been that they were free and fair. The established statements are that, in fact, they were free and fair. But there are qualifications: Individual reports by the organization to which I contributed my

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, we don't.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Correct. That was an absolute rule. There was just no provision in the mandate of the LLRC to provide witness protection.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Well, it's a very simple answer: Zero. Nothing. Amnesty has not been officially permitted in Sri Lanka since 2007. I can say I was actually there in 2008, but as I pointed out, I was there as a tourist. I was clear. I spoke to the Sri Lankan High Commissioner before I went, and

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I've probably spoken too much, but I'll just say that it certainly doesn't incapacitate our main office in London, in the U.K., from being in telephone and email contact. We do maintain contact, but it is inhibited.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Correct. I spoke to the UN delegate from Sri Lanka, when he attended a meeting here in Toronto two years ago. I argued that, consistent with his remarks to the group at that time, the Sri Lankan government should allow Amnesty in, because we are a balanced human rights organizati

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Unfortunately, I am not familiar with that. The clear statistic is the one I cited. The information made available to Amnesty International was that the situations for each of the 10 were very similar, which raises suspicions. But in those cases, there's no further information.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Reid, and members of the committee. I'm very pleased to be here. As Alex said, I'm a volunteer coordinator with Amnesty and am focused on Sri Lanka. I've been to the country ten times. It's been a fascinating and pleasurable experience for me to be there, notwiths