Rights bodies urge Sri Lankan govt to set up truth commission
National Peace Council decries failure to find masterminds behind 2019 Easter attacks
Updated: April 30, 2021 09:09 AM GMT
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Army personnel stand guard atop St. Anthony s Church during a Mass in remembrance of the Easter Sunday attack victims to mark the second anniversary of the atrocity in Colombo on April 21. (Photo: AFP)
Rights bodies and activists have called on the Sri Lankan government to establish a truth commission to build public trust and to seek justice for victims of the country s 26-year civil war and 2019 Easter terror attacks. A truth commission could be an effective mechanism in this regard. Such additions to the country’s social capital, of which trust is a most important component, will enable countries that voted for the UN Human Rights Council resolution to engage more meaningfully with the development initiatives of the government, said the National Peace Council (NPC), an independen
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Sri Lanka’ police officers arrested Rishad Bathiudeen, a top Muslim leader and member of the parliament over his connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.
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Rishad Bathiudeen arrested under PTA for alleged links with suicide bombers
Sri Lanka police on Saturday arrested All Ceylon Makkal Congress leader and opposition parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen in connection with the April 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.
In a pre-dawn raid, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) took Mr. Bathiudeen into custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) that rights groups term “draconian” and want repealed. His brother Riyaaj Bathiudeen – who was arrested in April 2020 and released months later due to “lack of evidence” – was arrested again.
Terrorists at large in Sri Lanka, says Buddhist monk
Unresolved issues remain as the nation marks the second anniversary of the Easter attacks
People including priests and nuns hold a demonstration to urge justice for Easter attack victims at Katuwapitiya, Negombo, on April 21. (Photo: Quintus Colombage/UCA News)
As Sri Lanka marked the second anniversary of the Easter terror attacks, a Buddhist monk claimed that trained terrorists are at large in the country.
Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera was speaking at a remembrance ceremony at St. Anthony s Shrine in Kochchikade on April 21. Hundreds of trained terrorists are still at large in the society. We fear that the bombs of those terrorists will ignite at any moment in the society. We have concerns as to whether such attacks will happen at a Buddhist or Hindu temple or a church or a procession, he said.