Posts Tagged ‘investigation’
NGOs Call on U.S. to Establish International Accountability Mechanism on Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council
[Amnesty International USA] We are pleased to hear that the United States has decided to press for action at the March session of the Human Rights Council on accountability for wartime abuses in Sri Lanka. This issue has long been a high priority for us due to the massive scale of abuses committed in the…
Read MoreSri Lanka: Ban voices hope Government will take steps on accountability
[UN News Centre] Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced hope that the Sri Lankan Government will move forward on its commitments to deal with accountability concerns in the wake of the long-running civil war in the Asian country. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka detains suspects despite end to emergency
[AFP] Sri Lanka on Wednesday used draconian anti-terror laws to detain thousands of Tamil rebel suspects who would have had to be freed when a state of emergency ended after 28 years, an official said. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka execution footage: UN calls for investigation
[Channel 4 News] Footage broadcast by Channel 4 News showing the alleged massacre of Tamil prisoners is evidence of “serious international crimes”, the UN says, as pressure mounts for an international investigation. A UN envoy has urged the international community and Sri Lanka to further investigate footage obtained by Channel 4 News purporting to show…
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