Demonstrators set fire on an image of United Nations (U.N.) High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein during a protest against his visit, in front of the U.N. head office in Colombo February 6, 2016. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Hundreds of hardline nationalists gathered outside the United Nations' office in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Saturday to protest against a visit by the U.N. human rights chief who will assess Sri Lanka's progress in prosecuting alleged war crimes.
The U.N. says both Sri Lanka's military and the Tamil Tiger rebels most likely committed war crimes during a 26-year war which ended in 2009. A U.N. resolution calls for post-war reconciliation and that all alleged war crimes be investigated and tried in special courts by international judges.
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