Jordan's Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights gestures after a news conference at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva October 16, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
GENEVA/COLOMBO (Reuters) - The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday accused Sri Lanka of trying to "sabotage" a war crimes inquiry, creating a "wall of fear" to prevent witnesses from giving evidence.
The U.N. Human Rights Council set up the inquiry in March to investigate crimes allegedly committed by both government forces and Tamil rebels during the final stages of a 26-year conflict that ended in 2009.
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