Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa Headed for War Crimes Tribunal?
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, apparently fearing punishment for his alleged role in war crimes against ethnic Tamils during the 26-year-old civil war that ended in 2009, said he opposes the international war crimes apparatus created by the United Nations and urged all parties in the island nation to oppose the passage of new laws aimed …
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