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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay speaks during a news conference on her trip around Sri Lanka at the UN headquarters in Colombo on August 31, 2013. (REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte)

UN rights chief: Sri Lanka turning authoritarian

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 31, 2013 | World

Colombo, Sri Lanka, AP—The United Nations human rights chief chastised Sri Lanka’s government on Saturday, saying it is showing signs of becoming more authoritarian despite the end of the country’s long civil war more than four years ago. In a hard-hitting...