US blacklists Sri Lankan army commander, cites killings

The United States has imposed sanctions on Sri Lanka's army chief, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, for alleged human rights violations including extrajudicial killings in 2009 during the country's civil war, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. The sanctions imposed on Friday by Washington bar Silva and his family from entering the United States.

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