03/05/2011
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The Island
Two events that occurred last week are pertinent to the lessons learnt and reconciliation process which the powers-that-be loudly proclaim is in progress. The first of these relate to the Attorney General’s undertaking to the Supreme Court that the allegedly forced registration of Jaffna and Kilinochchi residents undertaken by the security forces will be suspended. This was a result of the TNA filing a human rights petition. The second was the non-binding resolution adopted by the U.S. Senate about the situation in Sri Lanka.
03/04/2011
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The Hindu
Sri Lanka on Friday dismissed a U.S. Senate resolution calling for “accountability” for the alleged human rights violations during the last phase of the ethnic war, saying that the government-appointed ‘Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission’ has been adequately empowered.