UN Resident Coordinator to Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer-Hamdy has expressed grave concerns over the attack on protesters by armed forces in Colombo today.
In a Twitter message, Singer-Hamdy said, the UN was “gravely concerned by the use of force to disperse protestors”.
She further said that journalists and human rights defenders have a right to monitor demonstrations and their functions should not be impeded.
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“Actions that stifle protests and the right to peaceful assembly can worsen economic and political instability in Sri Lanka,” Hanaa Singer-Hamdy warned.
The UN Resident Coordinator to Sri Lanka further said peaceful solutions in accordance with broad public consultations is the only way forward.
(courtesy NewsWire)
