Summit Ends Amid Demands for War Crimes Inquiry Against Sri Lanka

The three-day Commonwealth Summit, held in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, came to a close Sunday as human rights groups urged leaders to pressure Sri Lanka's president to investigate war crimes. The summit was dogged by constant attention to Sri Lanka's refusal to allow international inquiries into alleged atrocities committed during and after its 27-year civil war that ended in 2009. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said his troops committed no abuses during or since the...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - dimanche 17 novembre 2013