An international advisory panel said Tuesday that Sri Lanka's government lacks the will to properly investigate alleged human rights abuses committed during a surge in fighting between the military and Tamil rebels in the island's north.
The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons, or IIGEP, in their final public statement, said their "critiques and suggestions" had been "largely disregarded." The panel announced last month that it would resign because of frustration over the investigation of rights abuses.
There has been growing pressure from international rights groups to establish a U.N. mission to monitor abuses. The …
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