The Sri Lankan defense minister has threatened to hang a parliament member, recently resigned from the S.L.A.F., if he exposes the country’s war crimes against the Tamils. The suppression of the war crimes during the country’s quarter-century civil war and the government’s forging alliances have dangerous potential.
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Sri Lanka ‘Will Hang’ Former Army Chief for War Crimes Investigation Participation
Posted: 7 June 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Anna Neistat, Arundhati Roy, BBC, China, corporatism, Cuba, detention camps, Geneva Conventions, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, HardTalk, human rights, Human Rights Watch, IHL, India, international humanitarian law, international law, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, LTTE, Mahinda Rajapakse, Manmohan Singh, Pakistan, Pratibha Patil, Rajavarothayam Sambanthan, Rajiv Gandhi assassination, Russia, Sarath Fonseka, SLAF, Sonia Gandhi, Sri Lanka, Stephen Sackur, Sutirtho Patranobis, Tajikistan, Tamil Tigers, UN, UN Security Council, UNHRC, UNSC, Uzbekistan, Venezuela
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