March 5, 2017 5:51 PM

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Lankan govt rejects UN's appeal to allow international judges to probe

The Sri Lankan government has rejected a fresh appeal from the UN to allow international judges to investigate alleged war crimes committed during the conflict with the LTTE, vowing to not prosecute soldiers.<br/><br/>The UN Human Rights Council on Friday had criticised Sri Lanka's slow progress in addressing its wartime past and reiterated its earlier call for hybrid court of international and local judges to investigate allegations of rights violations.<br/><br/>Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe rejected the demand, saying it was impractical.'He said the conduct of the judiciary has improved under the current unity government headed by President Maithripala Sirisena and there was no need now for a hybrid court.<br/><br/>The Tamil minority insists on a probe with foreign judges, saying that the Sri Lankan judicial system could not be relied upon to deliver justice to Tamil victims of the conflict.

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