Delay in investigation independently may result wipeout of proof of war crime
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64R4GP20100528 Clinton presses Sri Lanka on rights panel Fri May 28, 2010 (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Sri Lanka Friday to ensure a new panel investigating possible rights abuses be given powers to probe any allegations of war crimes during its long civil conflict. Civil rights groups have said the Sri Lankan government should be investigated for potential war crimes at the end of the war a year ago against separatist Tamil guerrillas. Colombo has denied the allegations and rejected charges that tens of thousands of civilians died. Sri Lanka has a long history of inquiries into rights abuses that have largely failed to hold anyone accountable, and analysts say the new committee appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa does not have the statutory powers of a commission of inquiry and is acting only as an advisory body. Sri Lanka is under heavy Western pressure over its human rights record, pressure the government blames on me...