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UN report urges accountability and public apology for Sri Lanka s enforced disappearances
17 May 2024 (3:10 PM) Four army personnel acquitted over 2013 Rathupaswala shooting
17 May 2024 (3:22 PM) Sri Lanka s macroeconomic policies are starting to bear fruit - IMF
17 May 2024 (2:25 PM) Two arrested with over 1,000 mobile phones and 200 pen drives at BIA
17 May 2024 (2:06 PM) Ella-Wellawaya road reopened for traffic
17 May 2024 (10:52 AM) Rathupaswala shooting- High Court to deliver verdict today
17 May 2024 (1:38 PM) |
Sri Lanka s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and hold those responsible to account, a UN Human Rights Office report released today (May 17) says. 
The four accused in the case over the shooting to death of three persons and injuring 45 others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water at Rathupaswala in 2013, have been acquitted by the Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar. 
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has highlighted Sri Lanka s commendable macroeconomic policies, rapid inflation decline, and steady economic growth. 
The officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake have arrested two Sri Lankan passengers who were in possession of 1,083 mobile phones and 200 high-capacity pen drives, which had not been declared. 
The Ella-Wellawaya road which was temporarily closed due to inclement weather conditions has been reopened for traffic movement. 
The verdict in the case against a Brigadier and three soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army, over the shooting to death of three persons and injuring 45 others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water at Rathupaswala, Gampaha is scheduled to be delivered today (17) by a special three-member high court bench. Copyright © 2007 - 2024 Col3neg. All Rights Reserved.
