09/30/2010
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BBC
What really happened in the closing stages of Sri Lanka's civil war? There's been a chorus of international demands that the final months - January to May last year - be the subject of an international investigation, with allegations that both the government and the Tamil Tigers committed war crimes causing the deaths of thousands of civilians. But the island's victorious government has defiantly rejected such calls and has instead launched its own inquiry into the last years of the war which it says will establish important facts, promote reconciliation and prevent future wars. Some of its witnesses have testified in private, but our correspondent in Sri Lanka Charles Haviland has been attending its public hearings.
09/23/2010
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BBC
A business leader in Sri Lanka has called on the government to apologise for itself and on behalf of previous regimes for suffering during the war.
08/18/2010
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Al-Jazeera
The Sri Lankan defence secretary has defended the military against allegations of mass rights abuses during last year's assault on Tamil Tiger separatists.
08/17/2010
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The Sunday Leader
following is a live transcription of statement by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the Lessons Learnt And Reconcilation Commission. Accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
08/17/2010
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BBC
The man who oversaw Sri Lanka's defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels has said he believes more than 6,000 of them were killed in the final stages of fighting.
08/14/2010
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BBC
A Sri Lankan government war commission has heard testimonies from Tamils alleging their loved ones were abducted or detained by the army.
08/12/2010
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BBC
A panel looking into the final years of the Sri Lankan war has heard that the threat of conflict remains.
08/12/2010
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AFP
Sri Lanka's investigation into the war against the Tamil Tigers – a conflict that left thousands of civilians dead – has begun amid a barrage of allegations that justice will not be done.