Sri Lanka War Crimes Probe

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  Sri Lanka Divided As Panel Backs Foreign Judges To Probe War Crimes

  Sri Lanka should bring in international prosecutors and judges to help investigate alleged atrocities in the civil war that ended in 2009, a task force said on Thursday in recommendations that were welcomed by the United Nations.

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  Sri Lanka Rejects International War Crimes Probe

  Sri Lanka's prime minister on Tuesday rejected a UN call for international involvement in an investigation into alleged war crimes.

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  Sri Lanka Vows to Punish War Criminals After UN Report

  Sri Lanka promised Thursday to punish those found guilty of war crimes but stopped short of supporting an internationally backed probe, a day after a damning UN report on abuses committed during the island's conflict.

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  Act on UN Resolution on Sri Lanka: Jayalalithaa Urges PM Narendra Modi

  Hours after getting a resolution passed in the Assembly today on the Sri Lankan issue, seeking an international probe into allegations of war crimes in that country, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa urged PM Modi to take immediate action over it.

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  Tamil Nadu Assembly Calls for Probe Into Sri Lanka's Alleged War Crimes

  The Tamil Nadu assembly today adopted a resolution for an international probe against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violations and war crimes committed in 2009, coming just a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Sri Lankan government deciding to renew efforts to resolve the ethic issue in the is...

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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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  War Crimes Probe Delayed, Says Sri Lanka

  Sri Lanka's proposed war crimes investigation has been delayed by several months until September as the government focuses on impending parliamentary elections, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said today.

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  Sri Lanka Enacts Witness Protection Law Before War Crimes Probe

  Sri Lanka has adopted a witness protection law ahead of an investigation into suspected human rights abuses in a 26-year civil war which foreign governments have said is necessary for a reconciliation with ethnic minority Tamils.

• Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Pledges Fresh War Crimes Probe

  Sri Lanka's president, under pressure from his main opponent in upcoming elections, on Tuesday promised a judicial inquiry into allegations that his troops killed thousands of Tamil civilians at the end of the civil war.

• Sri Lanka Wins Backing of 22 Nations Against UN Rights Probe

  Sri Lanka has won the backing of 22 nations in its battle against the United Nation's war crimes probe into the country's human rights record during its brutal civil war.

• Sri Lanka to Refuse Entry to UN Investigators: President

  Sri Lanka will not grant visas to UN investigators probing war crimes allegedly committed during the island's decades-long separatist conflict, President Mahinda Rajapakse has said.

• 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.

• Sri Lankan Parliament to Decide on Probe by UN Rights Panel

  Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the Parliament will decide whether to allow a UN panel in the country to probe alleged human rights abuses during the final phase of the conflict with the LTTE.

• UN rights boss seeks international probe into Sri Lanka war crimes

  The United Nations' human rights chief called on Monday for an international inquiry into war crimes committed by both sides during Sri Lanka's civil war, saying the government had failed to do its own credible investigation.

• Sri Lanka says international war crimes probe would bring 'chaos'

  An international inquiry into war crimes in Sri Lanka would bring "chaos," and the government's national reconciliation process must be given several more years to work, a top aide to Sri Lanka's president said on Monday.