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Sri Lankan Official Dodges UN Questions Over Alleged Torture
A United Nations committee that monitors acts of torture in member countries grilled an intelligence chief Wednesday over the alleged abuse of detainees during Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, only to have the nation's attorney general step in to deflect the questions.
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United Nations Probe Sought On Torture By Sri Lankan Security Forces
The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) should visit Sri Lanka and conduct an independent investigation into the continued abductions, torture and sexual violence committed by the security forces, a former member of the United Nations (UN) special panel has said.
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United Nations Wants International Judges In Sri Lanka War Crimes Court
A long-awaited UN report on Wednesday detailed horrific abuses committed in Sri Lanka's civil war and said the country needed international help to probe the crimes to enable reconciliation.
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After Three Decades, Tamil Lawmaker Named Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader
Sri Lanka's parliament today named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation in the nation following the end of a bloody civil war.
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UN Human Rights Chief Says Access Not a Must for Sri Lanka War Crimes Probe
The United Nations can conduct an effective investigation into reports of war crimes in Sri Lanka without visiting the country, said U.N. Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay, reacting to a government decision to deny investigators entry.
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United Nations Rights Chief Alarmed at Communal Violence in Sri Lanka
A top UN human rights official has voiced deep concern at the communal violence in south-western Sri Lanka and expressed concern that the turmoil could spread to other parts of the country.
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UN representative meets Lankan president
The United Nations' humanitarian chief, John Holmes, asked Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a "humanitarian pause".
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UN calls for immediate halt to Lanka war
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly deplored the mounting civilian death toll in areas of fighting between Sri Lankan forces and Tamil rebels, and called for an immediate halt to the fighting.
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Sri Lankan Official Dodges UN Questions Over Alleged Torture
A United Nations committee that monitors acts of torture in member countries grilled an intelligence chief Wednesday over the alleged abuse of detainees during Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, only to have the nation's attorney general step in to deflect the questions.
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United Nations Probe Sought On Torture By Sri Lankan Security Forces
The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) should visit Sri Lanka and conduct an independent investigation into the continued abductions, torture and sexual violence committed by the security forces, a former member of the United Nations (UN) special panel has said.
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United Nations Wants International Judges In Sri Lanka War Crimes Court
A long-awaited UN report on Wednesday detailed horrific abuses committed in Sri Lanka's civil war and said the country needed international help to probe the crimes to enable reconciliation.
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After Three Decades, Tamil Lawmaker Named Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader
Sri Lanka's parliament today named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation in the nation following the end of a bloody civil war.
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UN Human Rights Chief Says Access Not a Must for Sri Lanka War Crimes Probe
The United Nations can conduct an effective investigation into reports of war crimes in Sri Lanka without visiting the country, said U.N. Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay, reacting to a government decision to deny investigators entry.
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United Nations Rights Chief Alarmed at Communal Violence in Sri Lanka
A top UN human rights official has voiced deep concern at the communal violence in south-western Sri Lanka and expressed concern that the turmoil could spread to other parts of the country.
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UN representative meets Lankan president
The United Nations' humanitarian chief, John Holmes, asked Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a "humanitarian pause".
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UN calls for immediate halt to Lanka war
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly deplored the mounting civilian death toll in areas of fighting between Sri Lankan forces and Tamil rebels, and called for an immediate halt to the fighting.
