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Sri Lanka asks US to review travel ban on its army chief

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

FILE - This April 24, 2009, file photo shows Sri Lanka's Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva at a military facility in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. The U.S. government on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, issued a travel ban on Sri Lanka's army chief, saying there is “credible information of his involvement” in human rights violations during the final phase of the island nation's civil war that ended 11 years ago, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo said. Silva, and his immediate family members are now prohibited from traveling to the U.S. in a ban that was quickly denounced by Sri Lanka's government, which said “there were no substantiated or proven allegations of human rights violations&quot; committed by Silva.(AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne, File)

US travel ban for Sri Lanka army chief in hospital shelling

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

New Sri Lankan army chief denies accusations of war abuses

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

This April 24, 2009 photograph shows Sri Lanka's newly appointed army commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva at a military facility in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's government has hit out at foreign criticism of its appointment of a general accused of war abuses as the new army commander. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne)

Sri Lanka rejects criticism of army chief’s appointment

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

General accused of war abuses named Sri Lanka’s army chief

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

Sri Lankan war crimes suspect gets post as representative to U.N.

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times