15.03.2015 - 03:25 [ Al Jazeera ]

Sri Lanka plans domestic inquiry into war crimes but refuses UN probe

Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena plans to set up a domestic inquiry into alleged crimes committed during the country‘s civil war, including abuses said to have been carried out by the Army in the final stages of the 26-year conflict. But in a rebuke to the United Nations, international observers will not be involved in the process.