UN Slow to Answer on Sri Lanka Harassment Until Briefing with Censors
UNITED NATIONS, September 5 -- When Navi Pillay wrapped up her visit to Sri Lanka, she spoke of "the harassment and intimidation of a number of human rights defenders, at least two priests, journalists, and many ordinary citizens... people in villages and settlements in the Mullaitivu area were visited by police or military officers [and were] subsequently questioned."
By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, September 5 -- When Navi Pillay wrapped up her visit to Sri Lanka, she spoke of "the harassment and intimidation of a number of human rights defenders, at least two priests, journalists, and many ordinary citizens... people in villages and settlements in the Mullaitivu area were visited by police or military officers [and were] subsequently questioned."