153 still in detention over Easter attacks
(UTV|COLOMBO) – A total of 153 persons arrested in relation to the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks still remain in Police custody. According to Police, 216...
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Edgar Zambrano: Guaidó deputy freed from detention in Venezuela
(UTv|COLOMBO) – The deputy of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has been released from prison. Edgar Zambrano was detained in May on treason charges for supporting...
Palestinian conflict: Diaries of childhood in Israeli military detention
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Last month Israel’s Supreme Court refused to hear a petition by a human rights group demanding that Palestinian children detained in Israeli jails be...
Sri Lanka urged to release Ukrainian Captain after three years of detention
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today called on the Sri Lankan government to immediately release Ukrainian seafarer Captain Gennadiy Gavrylov and allow him...
Sri Lanka must urgently implement reforms to end arbitrary detention – UN experts
UTV | COLOMBO – The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has identified significant challenges to the enjoyment of the right to personal liberty in...