Top UN Human Rights Official Demands Investigation Into Sri Lanka Atrocities

Peter Daou - May 26, 2009 - 9:49 pm

AP:

The U.N.'s top human rights official demanded an independent investigation Tuesday into atrocities allegedly committed by both sides in Sri Lanka's civil war.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told an emergency meeting of the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council that tens of thousands of civilians had been killed or injured in intense fighting between the government and Tamil rebels since December.

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