UN expert calls on all sides to act against extrajudicial killings
The United Nations expert on arbitrary executions has called on all parties to the conflict in Sri Lanka to take more determined action to tackle the killings that have plagued the country in recent days. “The failure to effectively investigate the killings has resulted in many areas of the North and East becoming zones of impunity for killers with different motivations and affiliations,” said Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions of the UN Commission on Human Rights. Full Story