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June 23, 2010

UN Probes Alleged Abuses in Sri Lanka Fighting
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The United Nations has launched a probe into allegations of human rights
abuses in the final months of the Sri Lankan military’s crushing of the
Tamil Tiger rebellion last year. A three-member panel will investigate
alleged violations on both sides. The Sri Lankan government has
vigorously opposed the probe. A recent report from the International
Crisis Group says tens of thousands of Tamil civilians died in the last
months of Sri Lanka’s civil war, most as a result of Sri Lankan military
shelling.



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