COLOMBO, 19 May 2010 (IRIN) - Local activists have expressed doubts over the effectiveness of a truth and reconciliation commission established by the Sri Lankan government, which will investigate events in the final years of the civil war that ended a year ago. (more…)
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SRI LANKA: Truth commission dogged by scepticism
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Government, NGOs, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Uncategorized, United Nations, tagged accountability, AI, human rights abuses, ICG, impunity, Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation' Commission, LTTE, NGOs, Sri Lankan government, USA, war crimes on May 19, 2010 |