TNA leader discusses issues faced by Tamils with the President

No new coronavirus patients detected yesterday

No new patients were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Sri Lanka within the last 24 hours ending at 06.00 a.m.today. The Ministry of Health said 106 patients are confirmed to have contracted the virus so far and are receiving treatment at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (IDH) in Angoda. There are 99 active cases receiving treatment at the IDH on suspicion of having contracted the virus, the Ministry said. Seven patients, including 6 Sri Lankans and a Chinese woman, have recovered and w

28 Mar, 2020

President accused of showing indifference to Army atrocities

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa?s pardon of a soldier convicted of massacring eight civilians, including children, shows the administration?s disregard for justice for the worst abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The conviction of former Sgt. Sunil Ratnayake had been one of the very few cases of security force personnel being criminally punished for civil war-era atrocities, despite the huge number of credible and extremely serious allegations. Ratnayake, who was pardoned on March 26, 2020, w

28 Mar, 2020

UN troubled over release of convicted Sri Lankan soldier

The United Nations is concerned over the release of a convicted soldier in Sri Lanka. Rupert Colville, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said that the High Commissioner is troubled by reports that the convicted perpetrator of the Mirusuvil massacre, in Sri Lanka, has received a Presidential Pardon and was released from jail this week. Former Army sergeant Sunil Ratnayake was sentenced in 2015 for the murder in 2000 of eight?civilians, including a

27 Mar, 2020