Navi Pillay speaks to Colombo Gazette

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay ? who concluded a seven-day visit to Sri Lanka? said she is happy about post-war developments, particularly in the North, but sounded rather pessimistic about the government?s progress in issues related to accountability.

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