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Monday, March 3, 2008

HRW urges UNHRC to intensify engagement on Sri Lanka



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HRW urges UNHRC to intensify engagement on Sri Lanka


Human Rights Watch says the UN Human Rights Council which is meeting in Geneva today, should intensify its engagement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sri Lanka and Burma. Several reports in the session will draw attention to the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka, HRW said adding that among them the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances will present its 2007 report in which Sri Lanka has the highest number of new cases of “disappearances” reported in the world.