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UNHRC indicts Sri Lanka but Govt. defends its position

By Political Editor in The Sunday Times, June 25, 2023Contrary to earlier expectations of a virtual non-event, the United Nations Human Rights Council opened its 53rd session last Monday on a stronger note on Sri Lanka. It was pointedly assertive and dealt with almost all issues. UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Turk who presented the annual report declared, “In Sri Lanka, although the government has regrettably rejected aspects of the Council’s resolutions related to…