HRC demands answers from IGP for police violence at Galle Face

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has demanded an explanation from the IGP for Sunday’s police violence at Galle Face Green against people, including children, who were peacefully commemorating those who had fallen in the Aragalaya. The HRCSL decided to launch an investigation of its own volition and has given the IGP 24 hours to explain on what grounds police dispersed the commemoration. Footage of police brutality against two small children who had come with their parents to Galle Face Green has gone viral on social media worldwide and…

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