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Following Sri Lankan President’s gloating comments last week on barring access<\/span><\/a> to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigators into the country, the New York Times has noted the remarks have placed Sri Lanka right alongside North Korea and Syria.<\/p>\n

\"Mahinda-Gotabhaya\"<\/a>In a strongly worded editorial published on Friday titled “Sri Lanka\u00eds Intransigence”, it has been pointed out that refusing access to the UNHRC investigations carrying out the probe on Sri Lanka has placed the country in the company of North Korea and Syria – two countries that also barred access to UN human rights investigators.<\/p>\n

The editorial board has expressed doubts on the comments by President Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> of Sri Lanka being able to handle the inquiry on its own, as it was the failure to do so ,that prompted the request for a comprehensive investigation into the alleged abuses during the final phases of the conflict in Sri Lanka, by both sides.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, it has been noted that the safety of witnesses who would be providing evidence to the investigation is a major concern against the backdrop of threats that have been levelled at people demanding accountability for those who disappeared and the Prevention of Terrorism Act being used to detain people without a trial.<\/p>\n

\u00ecIf Mr Rajapaksa’s goal is truly, as he claims, truth, justice and reconciliation, he should cooperate with the investigation,” the editorial board notes adding that failure to do so will only feed international suspicions on the fact that the Rajapaksa-regime has much to hide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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