UN resolution on human rights violations in Sri Lanka

The UN Human Rights Commission passed a resolution urging Sri Lanka to investigate alleged human rights abuses in the last days of the war with Tamil Tiger rebels.
The resolution proposed by the United States escaped with 24 votes in favor, 15 declined, and eight abstained.

Government of Sri Lanka has expressed outrage over the receipt of the resolution, saying they should be given time to complete the investigation without any foreign interference.
They have also formed a special commission to investigate allegations of human rights violations that result among other states that human rights violations occur at the level of individual soldiers.
The commission report was not at all satisfactory number of parties inside and outside the country.Clinton welcomed
In 2010 the European Union revoke Sri Lanka from the list of major trading partners due to the reluctance to address the human rights issues.

  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued a statement welcoming the decision by the UN Human Rights Commission.
"The United States along with the international community to send a strong message that Sri Lanka will only achieve lasting peace through reconciliation and accountability, and the international community is ready to help," as written in the statement.
The United Nations estimates that bloom throughout the civil war of 1972 to 2009, it has led to 100,000 people were killed.
In May 2009, the Sri Lankan army defeated the Tamil Tigers to end a brutal civil war that has lasted for 26 years.
Estimated that about 40,000 civilians were killed in the final period of the civil war even though the government put the number of casualties reach 9,000 people.
In the final period of the war, both the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels accused of war crimes.Attacking human rights advocatesProtests
The pro-government protesters in front of the UN office in Colombo.
The vote on this resolution lasts d midst of the government's efforts to corner the social workers and journalists who supported the resolution by referring to them as 'traitors'.
In recent weeks, a number of citizens of Sri Lanka-including politicians, religious leaders and former Sri Lankan army-took to the streets to oppose the resolution.
Government TV station even use some Sinhala program to denounce the journalists who considered helping the rebels and traitors.
A BBC correspondent in the capital, Colombo, Charles Haviland, reported a few journalists-who are still living in Sri Lanka-is not mentioned by name but their photos were obscured aired.
An activist organization, Freedom Movement condemned the broadcast media because in the days before the broadcast as it encourages violence against the person accused.