The core group, comprising, Canada, Germany, North Macedonia, Malawi, Montenegro and the UK, has also called for the safety of former Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Shani Abeysekera’s safety to be ensured. Abeysekara was released on bail on June 16, after the Court of Appeal slammed police for using “concocted stories” to incarcerate their own top detective.
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In a letter written to the IGP dated May 17, the HRCSL said the killing of alleged gang leader Dharmakeerthi Tharaka Perera Wijesekara alias Kosgoda Tharaka, who police claimed had died following a shootout on May 13, and that of Mabulage Dineth Melan Mabula alias Uru Juwa who died on May 11 under similar circumstances, has put the rule of law in a precarious position.
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In a statement, the BASL said the State and the Police should have a duty to ensure the safety and security of persons in their custody, irrespective of the character of such persons and the seriousness of the nature of the allegations against such persons.
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Hilmy Ahamed Vice-Chair of the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka says none of the remains of Muslims who have passed away from the Covid 19 virus has been released for burial and the bodies are in the mortuary freezers.
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“I’m pleased to announce the United States will seek election to the Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term. We humbly ask for the support of all U.N. member states in our bid to return to a seat in this body,” Blinken said.
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Having joined the police force as a Sub-Inspector in 1997, Jasin Arachchi subsequently passed the Assistant Superintendent of Police examination in 2001. However, she had received her official appointment in 2007. She was then appointed as a Superintendent of Police in 2013 and a Senior Superintendent of Police in 2017. She also worked in the Criminal Investigation Department and before being appointed Acting WDIG, she was also the Director of the Children and Women Abuse Prevention Bureau.
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The independent experts published today an assessment of the government's follow-up to some 400 recommendations made following 10 official visits from 2015 to 2019. They called on the Human Rights Council to continue its efforts to increase independent human rights monitoring in the country and to ensure accountability for past crimes.
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නාගරික සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය මේ කඹ ඇදිල්ල සිදු කරන්නේ දැනට වසර ගණනාවක පටන්ය. ඔවුන් ව්‍යාපෘතිය නියමිත කාල සීමාව තුළ ලබා නොදී පළමු වගකීම පැහැර හැර ඇත. ඊට අමතරව ව්‍යාපෘතියේ ඉදිකිරීම් සිදුකර ඇති ඇක්සස් ඉන්ජිනේරු ආයතනයද අදාළ ඉදිකිරීම් නියමිත මාස 36 ක කාලය තුළ සිදු කර නොමැති අතර, ඒ සඳහා නිවාස ලාභීන් වෙත කිසිඳු වන්දි ගෙවීමක් හෝ නාගරික සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය විසින් අදාළ ඉදිකිරීම් සමාගමෙන් වන්දි අයකර ගැනීමක් සිදු කර නැත.
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A group of petitioners has complained that the re-imposition of the death penalty by the retired President Maithripala Sirisena, was inhuman and a violation of the right to life, enshrined in the constitution.
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අගවිනිසුරු ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය, බුවනෙක අළුවිහාරේ, සිසිර ද ආබෲ, ප්‍රියන්ත ජයවර්ධන සහ විජිත් මලල්ගොඩ යන මහත්වරුන්ගෙන් සමන්විත පංච පුද්ගල ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරු මඬුල්ල ඉදිරියේ මෙම පෙත්සම් සලකා බැලුණි.
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