US warns Sri Lanka on war crime charges

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US warns Sri Lanka on war crime charges June 29, 2011  07:14 am

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The United States urged Sri Lanka to move quickly to address allegations ofwar crimes, warning of rising pressure for international action if it does not.

 

The State Department stopped short of endorsing calls for an internationalinvestigation into the bloody finale of the island�s civil war in 2009, sayingthat domestic authorities have primary responsibility to ensure accountability.

 

�We continue to urge the government of Sri Lanka to quickly demonstrate thatit is able and willing to meet these obligations as it seeks reconciliation,� aState Department statement said.

 

�We hope the Sri Lankans will themselves do this, but if they do not, therewill be growing pressure from the international community to examine otheroptions,� it said.

 

Pressure has mounted on Sri Lanka since Britain�s Channel 4 broadcast adocumentary that showed what it said were prisoner executions and bodies offemale Tamil fighters who appeared to have been sexually assaulted, AFPreports.