Sri Lankans protest proposed UN rights resolution

San Diego Union-Tribune Monday 27th February, 2012

Government supporters display placards during a street march, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. Thousands of people in towns and cities across Sri Lanka on Monday took to streets to protest against a proposed U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on alleged human rights abuses during the country's civil war. Hundreds of protests coin...

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