Posts Tagged ‘human rights groups’
Sri Lankan anger over US move at UN rights council
[AFP] Sri Lanka on Thursday vowed to hold mass protests against US-backed moves at the United Nations to press for an independent probe into alleged war crimes during the island’s civil war. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lankan ambassador promises accountability from war-crimes defendants
[Washington Times] Sri Lanka will hold accountable every person accused of war crimes during its decades-long civil conflict, the island nation’s ambassador to the U.S. says. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lankan president receives response to scathing U.N. report
[CNN] Sri Lanka’s response to a scathing United Nations report alleging war crimes and human rights violations has reached the president’s desk. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka: Still struggling to find reconciliation
[BBC] Sri Lanka is still a country struggling to put decades of civil war behind it. The final stages – in 2009 – were of particular concern to human rights groups as reports suggested thousands of civilians had been killed. [Full Story]
Read MoreThe heavy guns stayed silent
[The Economist] RIGHTS groups had called it an attempt to whitewash war crimes. Many of the delegates who attended this three-day seminar, conducted by Sri Lanka’s army, were of course hoping for something better than that. Its panels were supposed to help teach the world’s counter-insurgency boffins how Sri Lanka’s army defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels while…
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