U.S. to keep pressure on Sri Lanka to allow rights violations probe

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The United States will keep the pressure on Sri Lanka to allow an independent investigation of accusations of human rights violations in the final stages of the civil war and speed up reconciliation, its ambassador said.

Michele Sison said concerns over human rights and deteriorating democratic values had prompted her country to sponsor a second resolution condemning the Indian Ocean nation at the U.N. Human Rights Council last month.