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Sri Lanka protests US report on human rights, saying it presents ‘distorted view’

By pearlaction | March 14, 2008 |

[AP] Sri Lanka summoned the U.S. ambassador on Friday to protest the latest U.S. State Department report on human rights, saying it presented a distorted and exaggerated view of the situation on the Indian Ocean island. The State Department’s 2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Sri Lanka cited government abuses including unlawful killings,…