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Sri Lankan government soldiers march in a war victory parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)


Sri Lanka to probe wartime disappearances

Sri Lanka to probe wartime disappearances

by | Jul 26, 2013 | World

Colombo, Reuters—Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, under pressure from the United Nations and the West to address alleged rights abuses during a nearly three-decade war, ordered an inquiry on Friday into mass disappearances during the conflict, his office said....