geneva - The U.N. Human Rights Office is urging Sri Lankan authorities to rein in their security forces to prevent expected large-scale demonstrations f
The U.N. Human Rights Office is urging Sri Lankan authorities to rein in their security forces to prevent expected large-scale demonstrations from turning violent in Colombo on Saturday. Human rights officials warn tensions are high because of Sri Lanka’s worsening economic crisis. They say they are worried that Saturday’s demonstrations, called to protest the rising…
COLOMBO, May 10 Fresh protests erupted in Sri Lanka’s capital today, defying a government curfew after five people died in the worst violence in weeks of demonstrations over a dire economic crisis. Demonstrators showed no sign they would back down, even after scores were injured when.