LTTE Sea Tiger boat patrolling during the peace, via wikipedia.org

Church activists pessimistic about commission on Sri Lanka war

Christian activists in Sri Lanka have given a lukewarm reception to the setting up of an inquiry by Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa into the latter years of a three-decade civil war between government forces and Tamil rebels, reports Ecumenical News International.

"Given the history of various investigative commissions we have had, there is not much hope from this commission," Rukshan Fernando of the Christian Solidarity Movement told ENInews on 3 June from Colombo.

The announcement of the setting up of the commission came on the first anniversary of the decisive government victory over the rebels in a conflict that claimed more than 100 000 lives.

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[06/11/2010]

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