The UNHRC resolution promoting accountability and reconciliation: “On” or “against” Sri Lanka?

Contrasting references to the UNHRC resolution on promoting accountability and reconciliation in the front pages of Sinala and Tamil newspapers.

The UNHRC recently adopted a resolution titled “Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka” without a vote. The front page headings of Tamil newspapers Thinakaran and Thinakkural referred to it as a resolution “on Sri Lanka”, while the front page headings of Sinhala newspapers Lankadeepa and Mawbima referred to it as a resolution “against Sri Lanka”. 

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