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"Dear friends,It was an emotional day in Jaffna today as David Cameron visited the iconic public library and riot police intervened to ensure that he did not speak to families of the disappeared.Jon Snow and the Channel 4 news team, who went with him, were however able to talk to the demonstrators and they were quickly surrounded by an emotional group, who hugged them, thanked them, and gave them many many petitions regarding dead and disappeared relatives. The outpouring of emotion was extraordinary.Overall it is clear that while the Commonwealth Summit has gone ahead as planned, the Sri Lankan Government is completely failing to win the battle for narrative. The event has been a succession of story after story about the appalling failures of the regime when it comes to torture, rape, and freedom of speech. Failures that come from the total lack of justice following the war crimes that were committed at the end of the Sri Lankan civil war.But pressure and exposure are one thing, what we need is action. And with all the pressure currently building, now is the perfect time to get it.In the long run what is really needed is an independent international investigation, but right now one simple achievable step towards that would be if William Hague agreed to deploy his team of experts on Sexual Violence to northern Sri Lanka.Click here to send a message to William Hague and make that happen: http://www.srilankacampaign.org/takeaction.htmThis team of 70 forensic experts, doctors, police officers, and specialists are working to end the culture of impunity, tracking down ongoing and historic perpetrators of sexual violence in Bosnia, Libya, Syria, Burma and six other countries. Sri Lanka should be next on the list.Click here to tell William Hague that: http://www.srilankacampaign.org/takeaction.htmAnd if you already have, please tell your friends, family and colleagues.Kind regards,The Sri Lanka CampaignP.S. For more information on today's events in Jaffna be sure to watch Channel 4 News tonight at 7pm GMT, or afterwards on their website here: http://www.channel4.com/news/catch-up/. And at that same link you can catch the excellent report they did last night. They also broadcast a fantastic ten minute short on disappearances, click here to watch that:http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-disappeared-white-vans-missing-people-war-chogm"source: Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice