HRCSL receives complaints of military deployment in North & East

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has received complaints that military are deployed for public security including checkpoints causing severe harassment to the public in the North and East, a statement from it says.

“The HRCSL has called for a report from the Commanders of the military in North and East to inform the legal provisions and circumstances under which they have been deployed and whether there is a threat to public security immediate or imminent in North and East to justify the military deployment for which the police are inadequate to handle,” it said.

• The HRCSL has called for a report from the Commanders of the military in North and East to inform the legal provisions and circumstances under which they have been deployed