Sri Lanka: Official Report Whitewashes Military Abuses

By pearlaction | August 1, 2011 |

[Human Rights Watch] A new Sri Lankan Defense Ministry report concedes for the first time that government forces caused civilian deaths in the final months of the conflict with the Tamil Tigers but takes no responsibility for laws-of-war violations, Human Rights Watch said today. The report, “Humanitarian Operation – Factual Analysis,” issued on August 1,…

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