Sri Lanka mass grave toll reaches 50

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 20:04

The UN Human Rights Council has passed two rights resolutions against Sri Lanka and a third one is expected in March.

Mass grave unearthed in Balochistan

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 01:12

A mass grave has been unearthed in Pakistan`s troubled Balochistan province, authorities said on Sunday.

New mass grave in Central Africa Republic

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 00:47

France`s defence minister says French intelligence services have reported the discovery of a new mass grave in Central African Republic.

Mass grave unearthed near Dimapur: Nagaland Police

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 00:02

Days after clashes between the Karbi and Naga militants led to killing of four Naga villagers, Nagaland Police Saturday said they have discovered a mass grave containing nine bodies - with gunshot wounds - near the state`s commercial hub Dimapur.

Twenty-one bodies found in Mali mass grave

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 00:03

Twenty-one bodies were found overnight yesterday in a mass grave near Bamako, believed to be the remains of soldiers close to Mali`s ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure, officials said.

Sri Lanka to probe mass grave with 150 skeletons

Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 23:44

A Sri Lankan presidential commission will be appointed to investigate a mass grave where more than 150 skulls and bones, most likely of Marxist rebels killed decades ago, were found last year, a government spokesman said.

Sri Lankan commission to probe mass grave

Last Updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013, 20:37

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to appoint a special commission to investigate a mass grave found in Matale, a spokesman said Sunday.

Sri Lankan Prez orders probe into Matale mass grave

Last Updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013, 15:32

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday named a committee to investigate a mass grave found in the central district of Matale last year, dating back to late 1980s.

Marxist party calls for Sri Lankan mass grave probe

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 22:33

The Marxist JVP has called for an investigation into a mass grave discovered in the central town of Matale in Sri Lanka, alleged to be of youth killed at the height of the country`s civil war.

‘Mass grave’ in SL town unearths human remains of over 60 people

Last Updated: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 12:52

Human remains in what appears to be a mass grave that was unearthed last month in of Matale could be "the site of a crime", forensic investigators have said.