JVP reiterates opposition to international inquiry

The JVP reiterated its opposition to the international inquiry into Sri Lanka's mass atrocities, mandated by the UN Human Rights Council earlier this year, reports the Daily Mirror.

In a press conference today the JVP leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake endorsed the government's call for a domestic inquiry however proposing an amendment to current plans.

The killings of JVP activists during the uprisings of 1971 and 1987 remain unaccounted for.

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