War crimes claims credible, says Sri Lankan judge

http://atimes.com/2015/10/war-crimes-claims-credible-says-sri-lankan-judge/



Prisoners were stripped naked, blindfolded and shot dead by mocking Sri Lankan soldiers

War crimes claims credible, says Sri Lankan judge
By AT Editor on October 21, 2015

Allegations that Sri Lankan troops committed war crimes are “credible”, a judge appointed by the island’s former president has concluded in a report presented to parliament on Tuesday.

The findings mark the first time a domestic inquiry has said there is evidence the army committed war crimes, and are all the more remarkable given that the report was commissioned by Mahinda Rajapakse.

Sri Lanka’s former strongman leader oversaw the final push against Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009 before losing power in January, and has always fiercely denied his troops committed war crimes.

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A long-awaited report from the United Nations human rights office last month laid bare horrific wartime atrocities committed by both the army and the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in the bitter 37-year war.