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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)
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...
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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)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | 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....
