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Sri Lanka: Military Conference to Whitewash War Crimes

By pearlaction | May 23, 2011 |

[HRW News] Governments should decline the invitation to attend a Sri Lankan military conference that seeks to legitimize the unlawful killing of thousands of civilians during the armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch said today. The Sri Lankan government has invited 54 countries to its “Seminar on Defeating Terrorism:…

Ceasefire urged as 52 killed in Sri Lanka war zone

By pearlaction | February 4, 2009 |

[Reuters] The United States and Britain urged a temporary cease-fire in Sri Lanka to evacuate casualties and allow relief into the war zone as the Island nation celebrates independence from colonial ruler Britain on Wednesday. President Mahinda Rajapaksa was due to preside at a parade of military might in the capital on Wednesday morning that…