Sri Lanka minorities warn Muslims nations ahead of UNHRC vote
Al Jazeera
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation praised the Sri Lanka government for lifting the ban on Muslim burials.
Minority community leaders in Sri Lanka have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) members to consider the discrimination faced by minorities on the island nation ahead of a key vote on its human rights record. The warning comes as the UN’s top rights body prepares to vote Tuesday on a draft resolution expressing “serious concern” over the “deteriorating” human rights situation in the country. The passage of a UN resolution could open the door for prosecutions of military and government figures over their roles in ending a 37-year separatist war that ended in 2009.
Human rights group Viasna reports 1,275 political prisoners still jailed and face harsh conditions.
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