UN-commissioned report – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Sri Lankan FM slams ‘biased’ UN rights report

By pearlaction | October 30, 2011 |

[AFP] Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Sunday condemned a “preposterous” UN-commissioned report alleging war crimes in his country, revealing he stopped Canada raising it at a Commonwealth meeting. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa defends military’s role

By pearlaction | May 27, 2011 |

[BBC] Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has defended the conduct of the military during fighting at the end of the country’s protracted civil war. He was speaking at a huge military festival in Colombo to mark the two-year anniversary of the government’s defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels. A UN panel of experts recently accused…