Sri Lankans staged protests in Trincomalee today against an imminent United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution calling for an international inquiry into atrocities committed in Sri Lanka, reports Colombo Page.
Condemning the prospect of international intervention in Sri Lanka, protestors who claimed to represent Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim people, burned effigies of the US President Barack Obama and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay.
Protests also took place in Colombo outside diplomatic missions of the United States, United Kingdom and the United Nations. The embassies were also handed petitions against the UNHRC resolution.
Condemning the prospect of international intervention in Sri Lanka, protestors who claimed to represent Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim people, burned effigies of the US President Barack Obama and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay.
Protests also took place in Colombo outside diplomatic missions of the United States, United Kingdom and the United Nations. The embassies were also handed petitions against the UNHRC resolution.