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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 27 March 2014
Sri Lanka, Turkey, Hungary, US, Kyrgyzstan
March 27, 2014
In today's Brief: A probe into Sri Lankan war crimes; Turkey bans YouTube; the people banned from voting in Hungary; US surveillance and, separately, US drone strikes; Kyrgyzstan's potential anti-gay law.
In a move towards justice, the UN Human Rights Council has voted today on a resolution calling for an investigation into allegations of war crimes by all sides during the final months of Sri Lanka's civil war. Rather than ensuring justice to the conflict’s victims, Sri Lanka has launched an aggressive campaign against Sri Lankans who criticize the government.
in full: http://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights