Posts Tagged ‘aid workers’
Sri Lankan probe into civilian killings has few results after 18 months of work
[AP] Nearly 18 months after Sri Lanka launched an independent investigation into a wave of civilian killings during its renewed civil war, not a single case has been resolved, and some human rights groups and lawyers fear no one will ever be held accountable. A credible probe into the incidents, including the slaying of 17…
Read MoreFamily of Sri Lanka massacre victims doubt justice
[Reuters] Relatives of 17 aid workers massacred in Sri Lanka said on Monday they did not expect justice as a heated human rights inquiry began into their execution-style murders more than a year ago. Ravi Shantha, the aunt of one of the Action Contre la Faim (ACF) aid workers killed in August 2006 in the…
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