Amnesty International on Saturday called for an independent probe into the number of civilians killed in the final weeks of the war against LTTE and also urged the UN to reveal its own estimates.
The call by the rights group followed a report in the Times of London newspaper on Friday citing confidential UN reports that more than 20,000 civilians were killed by Sri Lankan army shelling. The report followed weeks of allegations that large numbers of civilians had been killed as the army closed in on Tamil Tiger rebels to end the war.
Amnesty's Asia Pacific director Sam Zarifi accused both sides of war crimes and called for an independent international probe. "The Times report underscores the need for this investigation and the UN should do everything it can to determine the truth about the 'bloodbath' that occurred in northeast Sri Lanka," Zarifi said in statement. The statement said the UN "must immediately publicise its estimate of the number of civilians killed by the two sides in the final weeks of fighting".
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In Tamil: இனப்படுகொலைக்கான ஆதாரங்களை அழித்தது சிறிலங்கா; 20 ஆயிரம் தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை- 'த ரைம்ஸ்'
In English: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6391265.ece
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