“Lanka reaches consensus to implement 13A: Wickremesinghe” by Zee News

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday said political parties have agreed to implement the thirteenth amendment as a solution to end the country’s over three-decade-old ethnic conflict involving the Tamil minority.

via: http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/lanka-reaches-consensus-to-implement-13a-wickremesinghe_1535741.html

“Sri Lanka: Cameron pushes for international war crimes inquiry” by Theguardian.com

“Cameron said on Saturday: “Let me be very clear. If an investigation is not completed by March, then I will use our position on the United Nations human rights council to work with the UN human rights commission and call for a full credible and independent international inquiry.”

March is when the commission next meets to assess Sri Lanka’s progress on addressing human rights abuses, including allegations of war crimes. In the past the country has refused to allow the UN unrestricted access to the former war zones.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/16/sri-lanka-cameron-international-war-crimes-inquiry

source: Theguardian.com

“Sri Lanka’s Commonwealth Summit and the international media” by JS Tissainayagam

In the run up to the Commonwealth Summit in Sri Lanka there is burgeoning media attention on the human rights abuses and suspected war crimes the host nation has tried to conceal. Many hope the attention will keep Sri Lanka accountable and also facilitate progress on human rights and good governance. While media scrutiny during the Summit is indeed important, if the regime in Colombo is to be made accountable for its crimes it is vital that the vigilance continues.

Via http://asiancorrespondent.com/115110/sri-lankas-commonwealth-summit-and-the-international-media/

source: asiancorrespondent.com