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UK Imposes Sanctions on Four Sri Lankans for Alleged War Crimes

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Then-Sri Lankan army chief Gen. Shavendra Silva during an event at the army headquarters in Colombo, February 3, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte The United Kingdom government has advanced accountability in Sri Lanka by imposing sanctions on four men implicated in atrocities during the country’s civil war. The 1983-2009 conflict between the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government involved widespread human rights abuses and war crimes by both sides, but successive Sri Lankan governments have sought to cover up violations…

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