To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the human rights situation in Sri Lanka; and if she will make a statement. (142949)

I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton (Mr. Love) on 5 June, Official Report, column 460W.

The disgraceful abduction and murder of two Red Cross volunteers, whose bodies were discovered on 2 June, and the constant reports of disappearances in Colombo and Jaffna suggest a continuing deterioration in the situation. There is no justification for terrorism or the abuse of human rights no matter which side is responsible for them.