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Rights groups for strong UN resolution on SL

Colombo, Sep 14 (UNI) The United Nations Human Rights Council should adopt a strong resolution on Sri Lanka that strengthens current UN mandates on accountability for crimes under international law and monitors the country’s deteriorating human rights situation.
This appeal has been made by four international human rights organizations said in a letter to council member states, the Daily Mirror reported on Wednesday. The groups are Amnesty International, FORUM ASIA, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists.
The resolution should also call upon Sri Lanka to address ongoing abuses, including by ending the use of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act, the report said.
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