Canada Sanctions Sri Lanka Ex-presidents Rajapaksa

Canada Sanctions Sri Lanka Ex-presidents Rajapaksa
Participants look at Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's pre-recorded speech shown on a screen at a session of the International Conference on "The Future of Asia", May 26, 2022 in Tokyo. The Canadian Press/AP-Eugene Hoshiko
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Canada is imposing sanctions on four senior leaders of Sri Lanka, including two recent presidents, accusing them of human rights violations during that country’s civil war.
The sanctions target former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned last July, and his older brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has held the titles of president and prime minister.