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UN report urges accountability and public apology for Sri Lanka s enforced disappearances
17 May 2024 (3:10 PM) Armed forces personnel from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal to embark on Lumbini-Colombo bike expedition
17 May 2024 (12:37 PM) Four army personnel acquitted over 2013 Rathupaswala shooting
17 May 2024 (3:22 PM) Ella-Wellawaya road reopened for traffic
17 May 2024 (10:52 AM) Heavy showers expected in parts of the island
17 May 2024 (9:14 AM) Colombo HC sentences 9 Pakistani drug traffickers to 10 years in prison
17 May 2024 (12:06 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. 
Armed Forces personnel from India, Sri Lanka and Nepal will embark on a bike expedition from Lumbini to Colombo, along the Buddha circuit, to strengthen ties and foster goodwill among south Asian nations. 
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 Ella-Wellawaya road which was temporarily closed due to inclement weather conditions has been reopened for traffic movement. 
The Department of Meteorology says showery and windy conditions are expected to enhance due to pre-monsoonal conditions over the country and surrounding sea areas. 
Nine Pakistani nationals, who were arrested on charges of smuggling a large cache of drugs, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Colombo High Court. Copyright © 2007 - 2024 Col3neg. All Rights Reserved.
