State Minister says he supports Gotabaya’s dictatorship

Dates set for visit by UN group on missing

The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will visit Sri Lanka from 9 to 18 November. The Working Group made the announcement at the UN Human Rights Council which is meeting for its 30th session in Geneva. ?We are very happy to announce the confirmation of our visit to Sri Lanka from 9 to 18 November? the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances said. The Working Group had made several requests to visit Sri Lanka but the former Go

20 Sep, 2015

Draft resolution notes PTA will be replaced

The draft text of the consensual resolution on Sri Lanka at the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council notes that the Government will?repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and replace it with anti-terrorism legislation in line with contemporary international best practices. Seen by the Colombo Gazette, the draft text of the resolution, which will be tabled next week in Geneva, also urges the Government of Sri Lanka to investigate all alleged attacks by individuals and groups on jour

18 Sep, 2015

Ex Defence Secretary hits out at Zeid?s report

Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today questioned the credibility of the report on Sri Lanka by the UN?High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein and some of the concerns raised in it. Rajapaksa accused those behind formulating the report of gathering so called “credible evidence” from LTTE supporters and not from the ground. He also insisted that troops who fought the war at the time were well aware of the need to protect human rights and do not need to be preached n

18 Sep, 2015