In June this year, announcing U.S. withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Ambassador Niki Haley said, "We take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organisation that makes a mockery of human rights."
Ministers from the Rajapaksa administration acknowledged that rebels and civilians were killed after they surrendered to the military in the final days of the government assault against Tamil Tigers.
Tamil war victims as well as global rights watchdogs including the UN has been calling for an independent investigation with international participation to determine the fate of tens of thousands who handed themselves over to the military at the end of the war in May 2009.
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s private visit to New Delhi last week has helped him establish a "personal rapport" with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his confidant Prof GL Peiris told the Sunday Island here.
At a dinner at Le Meridien Dr Subramanian Swamy, India’s ruling BJP MP, hosted for his guest Rajapaksa and his team on Thursday night, Peiris told this correspondent: "Mr
