Sri Lanka: Information on the commission into political assassinations created by the Kumaratunga government, including its members, and how the commission is planning to protect witnesses
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LKA19844.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sri Lanka: Information on the commission into political assassinations created by the Kumaratunga government, including its members, and how the commission is planning to protect witnesses, 1 March 1995, LKA19844.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0e28.html [accessed 5 June 2023] |
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For information on the Special Presidential Commission set up to investigate the killings of political and army leaders, please refer to the attachments. Information on who are its members and on how this commission is planning to protect its witnesses could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.
Attachments
Christian Worker [Colombo]. 3rd Quarter 1994. "Political Crisis Continues: Crisis Within the UNP Deepens," pp. i-viii.
The Daily News [Colombo]. 29 November 1994. T. Sabaratnam. "Killings of Political Leaders, Other to Be Probed."
Sri Lanka Information Monitor (INFORM). January 1995. Situation Report. Colombo: INFORM, p. 10.
_____. November 1994. Situation Report. Colombo: INFORM, pp. 10- 11.
The Island [Colombo]. 25 November 1994. "Minister Assures Govt. Will Investigate All Poltical Killings." (DIRB country file)
Other Sources Consulted
DIRB country file. 1994-present.
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1994-present.
Oral sources and on-line searches.
