Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Sri Lanka's New Government Plans Fresh War Crimes Probe

(Version anglaise seulement)

Sri Lanka is planning an investigation into accusations of human rights abuses in the final stages of a 26-year civil war amid international frustration at the failure to look into numerous civilian deaths, a government spokesman said on Thursday. Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was ousted in a surprise election defeat this month, had refused to cooperate with any U.N. investigation into claims the army committed atrocities in the war that ended in 2009. Without some...

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