COLOMBO: Six years after the end of its bloody civil war, Sri Lanka this week took historic steps to confront its traumatic past—but in the conflict-torn Tamil heartland of Jaffna, people are still searching for justice.

A long-awaited report from the United Nations human rights office on Wednesday laid bare horrific wartime atrocities committed by both the army and the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in the bitter 37-year war.

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