الرئيسية
By AP
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. human rights panel has urged Sri Lanka
to accept an international probe into alleged abuses that occurred
during the final weeks of the country's decades-long civil war.
The
Committee against Torture says an international investigation would
address concerns that Sri Lanka's government-appointed Lessons Learnt
and Reconciliation Commission lacks independence.
Sri Lanka has
consistently rejected outside probes into allegations of torture, rape
and deliberate killing of civilians as its army crushed the Tamil Tiger
rebellion.
A U.N. report released in April said tens of thousands
of civilians may have been killed in the final months of the
decades-long war that the government's offensive finally ended in May
2009.
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. human rights panel has urged Sri Lanka
to accept an international probe into alleged abuses that occurred
during the final weeks of the country's decades-long civil war.
The
Committee against Torture says an international investigation would
address concerns that Sri Lanka's government-appointed Lessons Learnt
and Reconciliation Commission lacks independence.
Sri Lanka has
consistently rejected outside probes into allegations of torture, rape
and deliberate killing of civilians as its army crushed the Tamil Tiger
rebellion.
A U.N. report released in April said tens of thousands
of civilians may have been killed in the final months of the
decades-long war that the government's offensive finally ended in May
2009.
