The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, Navi Pillay's, focus on atrocities committed in Sri Lanka, showed that she was prejudiced, a Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry official told the Island.
The Island also alleged that Navi Pillay, in a recent meeting with the South Korean Foreign Minister, Yun Byung-se, equated Sri Lanka with North Korea.
Sources also told the Island that the Human Rights chief, commenting on discussions regarding human rights in Russia, called for more time to be spent on Sri Lanka due to the severe deterioration of human rights on the island.
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