Posts Tagged ‘sri lanka’
Sri Lanka government publishes war death toll statistics
[BBC] Sri Lankan government statistics put the death toll in the north of the country during the final phase of the war at 9,000, the BBC has learned. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri 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 MoreNGOs 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 MoreMy brothers’ keepers: In Sri Lanka the grip of the Rajapaksas only tightens
[The Economist] THE president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, may well feel pleased with himself. On the face of it, more than six years after his first election, his prospects are still remarkably rosy. The economy clips along at about 7% a year. Mr Rajapaksa’s coalition controls over two-thirds of parliament, and opposition parties are…
Read More‘US to pressure Sri Lanka on reconciliation process’
[Radio Netherlands Worldwide] The United States is set to table a resolution against Sri Lanka at the next sitting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva later this month. The Americans have voiced their concerns over human rights violations in Sri Lanka before, but so far had not taken the step of bringing it…
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