09/22/2010
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BBC
According to a police spokesman, officers opened fire as the suspect then tried to hurl a grenade at them. But human rights campaigners suggested the shooting of Kamal Dammalaarachchi - who died later in hospital - amounted to an extrajudicial killing.
01/07/2010
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The Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS -- A U.N. human rights investigator said Thursday that a videotape of an apparent execution of blindfolded and naked Tamils by Sri Lankan soldiers probably is authentic and called for a war crimes investigation.
09/02/2009
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BBC
A senior UN official has called for an investigation into whether Sri Lankan soldiers violated international law by executing unarmed Tamils.