08/19/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Overseas members of Sri Lanka\'s terrorist group LTTE continued to procure weapons in 2010- US report (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
04/21/2011
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Inter Press Service
The United Nations, which is embroiled in a dispute with Sri Lanka over a controversial report detailing war crimes charges against the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has rejected an appeal to keep the findings under wraps.
04/16/2011
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Agence France-Presse
A UN panel has called for an independent inquiry into "credible" allegations that Sri Lanka committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in its final 2009 offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels.
04/16/2011
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Inner City Press
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- When the UN gave a copy of its long delayed Panel of Experts' report on war crimes in Sri Lanka to the government of Mahinda Rajapaksa while withholding it from the press and public, the next steps were foreseeable.
First, the government criticized the report as “flawed” and “baseless” while no one else could see it.
04/16/2011
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Hindustan Times
Tens of thousands of civilians were killed in the final four months of the Sri Lankan civil war that ended in May 2009, an expert panel report submitted to the UN secretary general's office has revealed. The three-member panel has advised UNSG Ban Ki-moon to establish an independent international mechanism to investigate alleged violations of humanitarian and human rights laws committed by both sides during the armed conflict.
04/16/2011
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04/16/2011
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Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam
In the aftermath of the UNSG Panel report, Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) urged United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to refer the ruling class and the armed forces officers of Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor. As justification the TGTE claimed that of the five areas of potential serious violations committed by the Government of Sri Lanka as alleged by the Panel, four, have established that an act of genocide has been planned and perpetrated by Sri Lankan government and its armed forces
08/02/2010
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Centre for Policy Alternatives
2 August 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is pleased to present a new report looking at the freedom of expression on the Internet and the web in Sri Lanka.
10/26/2009
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BBC Sinhala
The Sri Lankan government says it will appoint a high ranking independent committee to investigate allegations raised by a recent US congressional report.