Sri Lankan deminers take a standard 20-minute break due to the high risk of fatigue, remnants of the 26-year civil war that ended in 2009. One of the underlying causes of the country’s current financial crisis is “impunity for human rights violations” by officials, the UN high commissioner said.

First published in the October 10, 2022, 3:07 a.m. edition

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