Sri Lanka: Military Conference to Whitewash War Crimes

(New York-MAY 23, 2011)

Governments should decline the invitation to attend a Sri Lankan military conference that seeks to legitimize the unlawful killing of thousands of civilians during the armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch said today.

The Sri Lankan government has invited 54 countries to its "Seminar on Defeating Terrorism: The Sri Lankan Experience" from May 31 to June 2, 2011 in Colombo, the capital.

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/05/23/sri-lanka-military-conference-whitewash-war-crimes