Friday, May 6, 2011

Sri Lanka conflict: ‘Probe war crimes’

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Tarani Palani| May 5, 2011
Malaysian NGOs say there are 'credible allegations' of serious war crimes by Tigers and the Sri Lankan government which the UN should investigate.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian non-government organisations (NGOs) want the UN to investigate war crimes by the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A UN report released last month, which studied the closing stages of the civil war, found that there were “credible allegations”, albeit yet to be proven, that severe war crimes had been conducted by both the Sri Lankan government and rebel forces, LTTE.
The LTTE was defeated in May 2009 ending the 26-year-old gruesome conflict.     Full Story>>>