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The Sri Lankan government has admitted that it has room for improvement on its human rights record.
The admission comes two weeks after two foreign reports, by the European Commission and the US State Department, subjected it to strong criticism in the rights field.

Both before and since its victory in the civil war last May, the Sri Lankan government has been defensive on human rights matters.

A few weeks ago, as it was preventing European Union rights researchers from entering the country, one

minister said Sri Lanka had “no human rights issues”.
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