Sri Lanka Sunday lodged a formal protest with the US Government over its decision to impose travel restrictions on Lt. Gen.Shavendra Silva, due to allegations of human rights violations.
Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met with the US Ambassador in Colombo AlainaTeplitz and lodged the government’s protest.
On Friday the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that the Army Commander was responsible for human rights violations and they were imposing the
restrictions on him and his immediate family.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday it conveyed its ‘strong objections’ on the imposition of travel restrictions and called for a review of the decision.
The statement said that he was appointed as the Commander of the Army by the then Head of State, taking into account his seniority and that there were no
substantiated or proven allegations of human rights violations
against him.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
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