09/20/2011
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AFP
"Tamils from across Europe demonstrated at the UN's European headquarters on Monday, calling for a probe into alleged war crimes committed by Sri Lanka at the end of the country's 2009 civil war."
07/31/2011
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The Sunday Leader
“We hope that investigation and prosecution of this crime will now be expedited, and that there will be similar progress in resolving the many thousands of outstanding cases of disappearance in Sri Lanka,” the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said.
04/21/2011
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Government of Sri Lanka
It is fundamentally wrong for the UN to publish the report or take action based on the recommendations by the UN panel of advisors, Minister of External Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiris said.
06/15/2010
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AFP
A host of international figures, including a US war crimes investigator, landed in Sri Lanka on Tuesday for visits expected to focus on alleged atrocities committed during the country's civil war.
06/15/2010
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Daily Mirror
A special envoy to US President Barack Obama, Samantha Power, met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today to discuss the post war situation in Sri Lanka, sources said. Power is a special advisor President Obama and a senior Director of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the National Security Council.
01/26/2010
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Foreign Policy in Focus
This week, Sri Lankan voters go to the polls to elect a new president. No matter the victor, neither of the two main candidates is likely to provide the justice and closure that Sri Lanka's thousands of war victims deserve.