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Sri Lanka to charge Fonseka within 48 hours
ABC,
March 9.
Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka will have to wait just a couple more days to find out exactly what charges he faces.
Sri Lanka's military spokesman says the former General will face more than five charges under the Army Act, with court martial proceedings to begin soon. However the details relating to the charges will not be available for another 48 hours. The 59-year-old has been held at a naval detention centre since his arrest last month, a fortnight after his defeat in presidential elections.
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Published: Mon Mar 8 12:00:07 EST 2010
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Sri Lanka's detained general on hunger strike: wife
AFP,
March 9.
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka's detained former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka has mounted a hunger strike in order to be allowed to speak to his daughters, his wife said Monday.
Fonseka had brushed aside an offer of a telephone from the military and insisted he be allowed to use his own mobile phone, Anoma Fonseka told a rally marking one month since the start of his detention.
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Published: Mon Mar 8 21:00:07 EST 2010
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Soldiers 'victimised by government'
bbc,
March 9.
A human rights group representing the families of disappeared military men in Sri Lanka has accused the government of victimising soldiers.
Visaka Dharmadasa, convenor of the Association of War Affected Women (AWAW), said her organisation is currently campaigning to get soldiers arrested by the Rajapaksa administration released.
"During the war, we have been visiting Kilinochchi to seek the release of arrested soldiers from the LTTE," she told BBC Sinhala service, Sandeshaya.
"Now we are going to Temple Trees to meet President Rajapaksa seeking the release of soldiers."
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Published: Mon Mar 8 21:06:38 EST 2010
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