Giving lifeblood to people not a violation of human rights: President

Batticaloa, August 24 (Daily Mirror)- Giving life blood and easing their suffering is not a violation of human rights, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. 

President Wickremesinghe said this in relation to the verdict by the Supreme Court that he has violated human rights by postponing the Local Government elections. 

He came out with this remark during a rally in Batticaloa this morning. 

"The country would have gone into a worst economic crisis if I haf held the Local Government elections," he added.