Singapore has ‘unique opportunity’ to arrest exiled ex-Sri Lanka president, rights group says

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International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) has called for Rajapaksa's immediate arrest.

The South Africa-based rights group said there is now “a unique opportunity” to arrest Mr Rajapaksa on the basis of universal jurisdiction that the alleged abuses are subject to prosecution in Singapore.

“Singapore really has a unique opportunity with this complaint, with its own law and with its own policy, to speak truth to power.”

 

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