Sri Lanka doesn’t want UN HR mission – defense spokesman

Sri Lanka government defense spokesman Keheliya Rambukwelle yesterday said that there was no room for inviting a UN human rights monitoring mission to Sri Lanka as such move will affect the sovereignty of the country and would also doubt the ability of the Sri Lankan authorities to carry out their own inquiries.

“We don’t have any doubt in our process. To have an international monitoring mission will be an infringement on our sovereignty,” Rambukwella told the weekly media briefing on Monday responding to the damning report released by the Human Rights Watch (HRW).

The spokesman stressed that the government was doing its best to deal with the allegations of human rights violations.

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