The group filed a criminal complaint against Gotabaya Rajapaksa for alleged crimes committed during Sri Lanka’s civil war. He fled to Singapore in mid-July.
A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore's attorney general, seeking the arrest of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his role in the South Asian nation's decades-long civil war. The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) said Rajapaksa committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the civil