Sri Lanka press slams 'neo-imperial' war crime vote

[ellisonz]

Source: AFP

AFP – 1 hr 47 mins ago

Sri Lanka's media reacted angrily Friday to a US-led resolution demanding a war crimes probe and said the island had done well to go down fighting at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The state-run Daily News said the 24 nations which voted in favour of the resolution urging a credible investigation into alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka's battle against Tamil rebels in 2009 were being destructive.

The countries that backed the resolution were making "a desperate attempt to disempower and undermine Sri Lanka and they are trying every trick in the bag to further this dark design," the Daily News said.

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The privately-run, but pro-government Island newspaper commended the hawkish administration of President Mahinda Rajapakse for putting up a fight in Geneva.

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[fasttense]

1. Only America is allowed to have war criminals running free. n/t

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. The Sri Lankans have gotten away with it so far.

I remember watching them shell Tamil refugee camps and executing the surrendered Tamil Tiger leaders.

[ellisonz]

4. The Tamil Tigers were no angels...

...but the Sri Lankan gov't sure did break out the military bulldozer in the end. It was ugly, that's for sure.

I wish we would sign the Rome Statute so we would be party to the ICC.

[pampango]

3. Thou doest protest too much, Sri Lanka. n/t