Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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HRW reports on Sri Lanka War crime

Sep 13, 2011

The United Nations Human Rights Council should act on the recommendations in a report commissioned by the UN Secretary-General detailing grave abuses during the final months of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict.

Press release

Sep 7, 2011

Emergency regulations lifted in Sri Lanka do not affect existing and new laws that allow the government to detain people for long periods without trial.

Press release

Aug 3, 2011

The Sri Lankan government’s failure to bring to justice those responsible for the execution-style slaying of 17 aid workers five years ago highlights a broader lack of will to prosecute soldiers and police for rights abuses.

Press release

Aug 1, 2011

A new Sri Lankan Defense Ministry report concedes for the first time that government forces caused civilian deaths in the final months of the conflict with the Tamil Tigers but takes no responsibility for laws-of-war violations.

Press release

May 23, 2011

Governments should decline the invitation to attend a Sri Lankan military conference that seeks to legitimize the unlawful killing of thousands of civilians during the armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Press release

Apr 25, 2011

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should act on a UN Panel of Experts’ recommendations to establish an international independent investigation into abuses during Sri Lanka’s armed conflict that ended in May 2009.

Press release

Apr 12, 2011

The report by a panel of experts to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on April 12, 2011, about laws-of-war violations in Sri Lanka should be used to pave the way for justice.

Apr 7, 2011

The Sri Lankan government should account for everyone who was taken into custody at the end of Sri Lanka's 26-year-long armed conflict in May 2009 and are feared to have been "disappeared."

Press release

Mar 7, 2011

A US Senate resolution calling for an independent international mechanism for crimes by both sides during and after Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war highlights growing international pressure for justice and accountability in Sri Lanka.

Press release

Jan 24, 2011

The Sri Lankan government refuses to investigate alleged war crimes despite growing evidence of widespread atrocities during the civil war that ended in 2009.

Press release

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