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09-02-2016, 06:00 AM
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Ban visits Sri Lanka
Police held back the demonstrators led by Buddhist monks as they tried to march on the compound just before Ban arrived on the first full day of his two-day visit to Sri Lanka. "UN, where were you?" said one placard, which carried a photograph of a victim of a bombing blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels who were crushed by security forces in May 2009. The protesting ultra-nationalists accuse the UN of siding with Tamil rebels while hardliners in the Tamil community also criticise it for failing to protect civilians during Sri Lanka’s 37-year ethnic war. "The UN was silent when Tiger terrorists were bombing and massacring our people," Buddhist monk Akmeemana Dayaratne said as protesters handed over a petition to the UN ****** to be given to Ban. "**w the UN is asking for investigations to punish us for defeating terrorism," he said, referring to the UN’s call for the island to probe war crimes committed during the conflict. A police official outside the UN ******s, located in a tightly guarded area of the capital, said ******rs had obtained a court order preventing protests to avoid breaches of the peace. "We did that because we feared that any protest could lead to unrest," he said, requesting a**nymity. Ban’s convoy arrived at the compound shortly after the protesters had been peacefully dispersed. The UN leader held talks with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday evening after arriving in Sri Lanka from Myanmar, and is due to meet with President Maithripala Sirisena later on Thursday. He is also due to deliver a public lecture on peace and development and travel to the war-battered **rthern Tamil heartland of Jaffna, before leaving on Friday. أكثر... 
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