INDIA, March 28 -- The UN has expressed concerns over the release of a convicted Sri Lankan soldier, who was sentenced in 2015 for the murder of eight civilians after more than a decade long trial, a media report said.
Rupert Colville, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, said that the High Commissioner was troubled by reports that Sunil Ratnayake, convicted perpetrator of the 2000 Mirusuvil massacre, has received a Presidential Pardon and was released from jail this week, the Colombo Gazette newspaper reported on Friday.
Five defendants were brought to trial but only Ratnayake was convicted.
The conviction was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in May 2019.
The Colombo Gazette quote...