Sri Lanka, Jan. 12 -- On Friday (8), the Centre for Justice and Accountability, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, the US,fileda complaint with the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee on behalf of Ahimsa Wickrematunge, daughter of slain Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was murdered on January 8, 2009, the international news agencyAssociated Pressreported.

The Committee is a body of experts established by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which 172 countries are parties and is distinct from the more high-profile UN Human Rights Council comprising government nominees.

The complaint by Ahimsa, filed on the 12th death anniversary of the editor, alleges that her fat...