Sri Lanka hits back at U.N. rights chief after visit


  • World
  • Thursday, 05 Sep 2013

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government criticised the U.N.'s top human rights official on Wednesday for calling attention to accusations that police and soldiers had harassed people who met her during a visit to the country's former war zones.

Navi Pillay, ending a mission to assess Sri Lanka's progress after a 26-year war between the government and separatist Tamils, said on Saturday she had received reports that people she had met in the north and east during her seven-day trip were questioned and intimidated.

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