News: amnesty

02/02/2011 | AFP
Sri Lanka's military on Wednesday offered to discharge all its 50,000 deserters without disciplinary action to mark the country's independence anniversary.
10/20/2010 | AFP
Sri Lanka's foreign minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris rejected "colonial" criticism Tuesday of a government-appointed civil war probe, after foreign rights groups snubbed an invitation to attend.
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10/14/2010 | BBC
International human rights groups refuse to appear before an inquiry into the end of Sri Lanka's civil war.
06/10/2010 | Xinhua
Sri Lanka's main Tamil minority party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on Thursday requested the government to grant amnesty for the detained former Tamil Tiger rebels who are undergoing rehabilitation in state-run camps.