Executive Summary
Context: Sri Lanka opposes the draft Resolution at the UN Human Rights Council and rejects any related mandate. But asserts it is committed to addressing human rights concerns domestically.
The Acting IGP instructed police to stop interfering with public video recording, stating it’s legal.
The Acting Inspector General of Police has also introduced the 1997 hotline to report all forms of misconduct, including bribery, by police officers.
It has been communicated to all police officers by Acting IGP through a special internal circular that identifies individuals’ ability to access and utilise digital media.
The Magistrate of Kuliyapitiya ordered the immediate arrest and court presentation of the Chief Inspector of Police due to an alleged attack on a man during an investigation of a family dispute.
A tense situation arose between the police and locals when a large group of locals gathered in front of the police station and demonstrated against the alleged brutal beating of two youths who had been arrested by the police.
Superintendent T. M. Ajantha Rodrigo was named new Director of Public Order Management but was quickly removed due to social media backlash over human rights violations.
The Police Commission has sanctioned the reappointment of former SSP Shani Abeysekera to the Police service for a duration of one year under a contractual agreement.
Tamil residents stopped government officials from surveying land for a Navy camp in Mandaitivu.
A petition has been submitted to the District Governor requesting that the Mullaitivu – Keppapulavu lands be released and handed over to them.
Residents and activists organized a demonstration in front of the Northern Province Governor’s office in Jaffna this week, calling for the restitution of land currently held by the Sri Lankan military.
Tamil residents in Manthai West protest for the return of ancestral lands.
Tamils residing in Kattaidamban, Mannar, assembled in front of the Madhu Divisional Secretariat to express their opposition to the Sri Lankan Forestry Department’s appropriation of their ancestral lands.
Manuel Uthayachandra, the convener of the North-East Valindu Families of the Disappeared Association, was arrested by police and released on bail.
Police have issued another summons to Thambirasa Selvarani, the head of the Association for Enforced Disappearances in Ampara.
Thambirasa Selvarani, the head of the Association for Enforced Disappearances (AERD) in Ampara. Courtesy: Lankaleader.lk
A supporter of National People’s Power interrupted a protest, harassing and threatening demonstrators in Vavuniya.
The leader of the Tamil National People’s Front, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, announced that his party is ready to firmly oppose Sri Lanka’s unitary constitution.
Cabinet minister Vijitha Herath said that the government will investigate past crimes and expedite seven high-profile cases.
The Cabinet approved the President’s proposal to raise the bribery raid account limit to Rs. 150 million.
M.R.Y.K. Udawela has been designated as the new Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption subsequent to the resignation of the previous Director General.
DIG Dhammika Priyantha has been designated as the new Director of the State Intelligence Service.
Selvin Ireneuss Mariampillai was appointed chairman of Palmyrah Development Board, but faced opposition from the United Workers’ Union for alleged financial irregularities and misconduct.
Former Sri Lankan Navy Commander, Admiral Sirimevan Sarathchandra Ranasinghe, has been appointed as Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, accused of shielding a suspect in the abduction and murder of 11 youths.
It has been revealed by transgender workers employed in the Export Processing Zones that transgender persons that are employed by manpower agencies are more prone to be exploited compared to others.
Media Spokesperson of Prisons Commission stated that attention will be paid to allocating separate spaces for transgender prisoners in prisons to be built in the near future.
The government states that three separate intelligence teams have been appointed to monitor 24-hour information provided by foreign intelligence services on matters related to the country’s security.
The Director of Law Enforcement at the National Child Protection Authority has disclosed that the authority employs merely three attorneys to handle all criminal cases involving children.
The police have notified the Colombo Magistrate’s Court of their initiation of investigations aimed at capturing the main suspect linked to the incident involving the distribution of defamatory posters aimed at the Mannar High Court Judge.
The case involving the Good Shepherd Convent in Nuwara Eliya, where the principal, a Reverend sister, allegedly assaulted twelve students, has ignited a discussion regarding corporal punishment in educational institutions and the urgent need for enhanced oversight.
Private individual’s land suspected to contain LTTE weapons interred, but unsuccessful excavations in Vadduvaakal region, Mullaitivu Police Division, failed to uncover any materials.
Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Thuyacontha stated that the Sri Lankan government has no intention to restrict the entitlement of tri forces personnel.
The Ministry of Defense has made the decision to temporarily reclaim all firearms and ammunition that were distributed to civilians for the purpose of self-defense.
Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed new governors for the nine provinces. Nagalingam Vethanayagam is the Governor of the Northern Province, and Professor Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera is the Governor of the Eastern Province.
Residents in Mullaitivu district report that free drinking water supply from the Army has ended. The army camp had supplied water in Kappapilau for a long time.