(BBC News) The European Union has decided to withdraw Sri Lanka's preferential trade access to EU markets after it failed to improve its human rights record.

The concessions will be stopped on 15 August on a temporary basis after the war-torn nation refused to implement human right conventions.

For further details, see the BBC News at this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10514634.stm