{"id":114182,"date":"2013-11-08T18:55:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T13:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=114182"},"modified":"2013-11-14T22:02:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T16:32:30","slug":"david-cameron-presses-for-sri-lanka-war-crimes-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/david-cameron-presses-for-sri-lanka-war-crimes-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"David Cameron Presses For Sri Lanka War Crimes Inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Cameron\u00a0has said an international inquiry into allegations of\u00a0war crimes\u00a0in\u00a0Sri Lanka\u00a0may be needed, as he prepares to attend a\u00a0Commonwealth summit\u00a0there, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/nov\/07\/cameron-sri-lanka-war-crimes-inquiry\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Guardian<\/span><\/a> report.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44512\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/David-Cameron-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44512\" class=\" wp-image-44512 \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/David-Cameron-.jpg\" width=\"276\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/David-Cameron-.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/David-Cameron--300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Cameron<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to the newspaper, the UK prime minister has previously said Sri Lanka&#8217;s controversial government needs to hold an independent investigation, but has now turned up the rhetoric by calling for an inquiry with international oversight if the country does not order its own review.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister will be the first leader to visit the war-ravaged north of Sri Lanka since the country&#8217;s independence in 1948, where he will meet people directly affected by the 25-year civil war, which ended in 2009 after the deaths of tens of thousands of people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":44512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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