Saturday, July 28, 2012

Sri Lanka sets roadmap to probe alleged war crimes

Sri Lanka Thursday published a roadmap for investigating allegations that elements of the military were responsible for civilian deaths during its final battle with Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.
The plan, which sets timetables for probing the charges and punishing those found guilty of excesses, follows EU and US pressure for Colombo to implement recommendations of a national commission that studied the last stages of the Tamil conflict.
In its report made public last December, the government-appointed Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) had noted "considerable civilian casualties" and the fact that army shells had fallen on civilian hospitals.

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