Question reference: S5W-33635
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 30 November 2020
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, whether the decision of the Sri Lankan police to arrest a Tamil priest for holding a war memorial service in Jaffna on 27 November 2020 raises any concerns for it in terms of Police Scotland's provision of community training for Sri Lankan police officers.
Answer
The current training programme, provided by Police Scotland in Sri Lanka, is aimed at improving community policing and gender equality, with all training underpinned by equality and human rights. It is a matter for the Chief Constable of Police Scotland to agree the details of any training programme in Sri Lanka and Scottish Ministers would consider requests for further deployments of officers, taking into consideration a range of issues, including an examination of Human Rights implications.