The involvement of foreign judges, prosecutors and investigators is a must for a credible Sri Lankan probe into war crimes charges, says Keith Harper, US Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
In a terse but strong tweet on Tuesday, Harper said: “Credibility of any accountability mechanism requires involvement of foreign judges etc. That has not changed and will not change.”
The US envoy was reacting to Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s statement in an interview to the BBC Sinhalese service on January 21 that there is no room for foreigners’ involvement in the proposed judicial mechanism to investigate and try war crimes cases because Lanka has the required experts and that outsiders should not get involved in Lanka’s domestic affairs. (The New Indian Express)
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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