{"id":159563,"date":"2016-03-22T22:05:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T16:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=159563"},"modified":"2016-03-23T20:13:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:43:43","slug":"un-reiterates-need-for-credible-war-crimes-probe-as-sirisena-says-no-to-foreign-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/un-reiterates-need-for-credible-war-crimes-probe-as-sirisena-says-no-to-foreign-judges\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Reiterates Need For \u2018Credible\u2019 War Crimes Probe, As Sirisena Says No To Foreign Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mangala-contradicts-maithri-says-international-participation-is-needed-in-war-crimes-investigation\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Maithripala Sirisena reiterated<\/span><\/a> that he will not permit foreign judges in a war crimes probe, the United Nations has once again underscored the need for a \u2018credible investigation\u2019 into Sri Lanka\u2019s alleged human rights violations, which according to the UN left at least 40,000 civilians dead during the final stages of the war in 2009.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_60551\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/tamils-want-inquiry-after-un-says-it-failed-civilians-in-bloody-sri-lanka-civil-war-cnn\/u-n-secretary-general-ban-looks-on-at-a-joint-news-conference-with-european-commission-president-barroso-after-addressing-the-sustainable-energy-summit-in-brussels-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60551\" class=\"wp-image-60551 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ban-Ki-Moon-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ban-Ki-Moon-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ban-Ki-Moon.jpg 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-60551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the media that the UN has set out several guidelines to ensure a credible investigation is carried out and dialogue will continue with Sri Lanka to make sure it happens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Human Rights Council can evaluate for themselves how it&#8217;s going, but we want to make sure there is a credible investigation into this. 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