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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Sri Lanka under fire at Human Rights Council

Supporters of the Sri Lankan government display pictures of President Mahinda 
Supporters of the Sri Lankan government display pictures of President Mahinda Rajapaksa in March 2013 to denounce last year's UNHRC resolution. Pic: AP.

Asian Correspondent
By Gibson Bateman- By  
 Mar ​​05, 2014
On March 3, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) began Its 25 TH   session in Geneva. Since two US-led resolutions have been passed on Sri Lanka in as many years at the HRC - and the possibility of a third resolution being passed highly likely - the human rights and governance record of the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime will garner significant attention.