June 23, 2020
Sri Lanka Investigates Rebel Leader Turned Politician
Colonel Karuna Implicated in Killings, Torture, Child Recruitment
![Former LTTE commander and armed group leader Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, known as Karuna Amman, speaks to the media at his office in Colombo as minister for national integration in the Sri Lankan government, May 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006asia_srilanka_karuna.jpg?h=bcf53f5b&itok=xayy3in9)
Colonel Karuna Implicated in Killings, Torture, Child Recruitment
Show of Support Counters Unprecedented US Action
Top Political Figure Convicted for Embezzlement, Corruption
Cases Unreported Amid Government Mismanagement
State Department Commission Threatens Women, LGBT People
Government, Partners Should Support Transition
Put in Place New Protections, Expedite Reform
Several Hundred Civilians Killed Since March in Ethnic Violence
Police Brutality, Criminalization Still Mark LGBT Lives Worldwide
Item 7 General Debate, June 15, 2020