AFP/Pool/File – Displaced Tamil civilians are seen in 2009 at a refugee camp, located on the outskirts of the northern … COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka pressed ahead Tuesday with an international seminar aimed at sharing its experience of defeating terrorism despite a boycott campaign and new claims that its troops committed war crimes.
The seminar entitled "Defeating Terrorism, Sri Lankan Experience" is co-sponsored by China, but rights groups have called for a boycott and major nations such as the United States and Japan have stayed away.
A massive military offensive crushed the country's Tamil Tiger separatists two years ago, bringing an end to ethnic violence for the first time in decades but also sparking allegations of war crimes. Full Story »
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Sri Lanka: war crimes and accountability
The report of an expert panel finds evidence of serious human-rights violations during Sri Lanka’s long civil war - but also that the political and legal environment conducive to investigating these is lacking. This situation presents all those who seek to develop a principled approach to post-war Sri Lanka with serious moral and political dilemmas, says Asanga Welikala. Full Story>>>
The seminar entitled "Defeating Terrorism, Sri Lankan Experience" is co-sponsored by China, but rights groups have called for a boycott and major nations such as the United States and Japan have stayed away.
A massive military offensive crushed the country's Tamil Tiger separatists two years ago, bringing an end to ethnic violence for the first time in decades but also sparking allegations of war crimes. Full Story »
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Sri Lanka: war crimes and accountability
The report of an expert panel finds evidence of serious human-rights violations during Sri Lanka’s long civil war - but also that the political and legal environment conducive to investigating these is lacking. This situation presents all those who seek to develop a principled approach to post-war Sri Lanka with serious moral and political dilemmas, says Asanga Welikala. Full Story>>>
