Sri Lanka 'war crimes': UN report due

Friday 15 April 2011

A UN report into the bloody end of Sri Lanka's civil war is due to be published, and could raise the question of an international war crimes inquiry. Channel 4 News submitted evidence to the UN.

The report is expected to consider whether alleged atrocities committed by both sides at the end of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war in 2009 constitute war crimes and deserve more international scrutiny.
Channel 4 News understands it could be published in the next ten days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was presented with the report on Tuesday.
At least 20,000 civilians died in the final few months of the Government-led military campaign to crush the Tamil Tigers. There have been reports of the use of human shields and child soldiers and apparent executions, as well as deliberate shelling and denial of aid to civilians inside a no-fire zone.



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