Breaking News, News

Cardinal seeks UNHRC backing to unearth truth behind Easter attacks

07 Mar, 2022

Feature Image

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today called on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva to support moves to unearth the truth behind the Easter Sunday attacks.

Addressing the Council in a recorded message, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said that the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka on 21st April 2019, claimed the lives of 269 people including 82 children and 47 foreigners belonging to 14 nations and injured more than 500 others.

He said that the first impression was that it was?purely the work of a few Islamic extremists but subsequent investigations found that the massacre was part of a grand political plot.

Cardinal Ranjith said that the incumbent Government of Sri Lanka has failed to mete out justice to the victims.

He said there are attempts to harass and intimidate those who clamour for justice instead of uncovering the truth behind the attack and prosecuting those responsible.

Cardinal Ranjith said that this was a case of a serious violation of the fundamental rights of the aggrieved victims and so he earnestly called upon the UNHRC and all its member countries to support the continuation of evidence gathering initiated by the Council last year and to devise a means to ensure an impartial investigation to unravel the truth behind the Easter Sunday massacre. (Colombo Gazette)

Recommended For You

Feature Image

Galle District hit by serious drinking water problem

The Galle District has been hit by a serious drinking water problem, Southern Province Governor Dr Willy Gamage said. He said that only 1/3 of the drinking water requirement of the city of Galle is supplied. ?The drinking water problem in Galle District is very serious. It supplies only 1/3 of the drinking water requirement of the city of Galle. There is no way to provide new water connections too,” he said. He was speaking at a public consultation on water issues and solutions in the Souther

30 Sep, 2020

Feature Image

Travel ban imposed on captain of MT New Diamond

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today imposed a travel ban on the captain of the MT New Diamond oil tanker. Attorney General Dappula de Livera had earlier requested the court to remand the captain of the oil tanker which caught fire while sailing 38 nautical miles off Sangamankanda Point east of Sri Lankan seas on 3rd September. However, the Colombo Magistrate’s Court refused to remand the captain and instead imposed a travel ban. The Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Ports Author

28 Sep, 2020

Feature Image

Health Ministry issues rat fever alert as numbers rise

By Easwaran Rutnam The Health Ministry has issued a rat fever alert as the number of patients affected by rat fever, also known as leptospirosis, recorded a rise. Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said that the rainy reason has resulted in an increased threat of rat fever. He said that at present there are 6096 leptospirosis patients in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has also recorded 70 deaths as a result of leptospirosis. Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said that the Ratnapura District has recorde

30 Sep, 2020