Sri Lanka: Protests Against UN Echo Anti-Justice Campaign

(HRW July 11, 2010 ) – Demonstrations led by a Sri Lankan government minister to protest a United Nations expert panel show the government’s open hostility to investigations of alleged war crimes in the Tamil Tiger conflict that ended last year, Human Rights Watch said today. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s creation of and support for the three-person Panel of Experts on justice mechanisms – despite persistent Sri Lankan government opposition – shows important new resolve to promote accountability for war crimes, Human Rights Watch said. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/07/11/sri-lanka-protests-against-un-echo-anti-justice-campaign