The US has warned the government that the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) in Geneva would be moved against Sri Lanka unless the defeated presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka, whom the US considered a political prisoner, is released from prison forthwith.
The former army chief was sentenced by a Trial-at-Bar on Friday (Nov. 18) to three more years in prison.
Authoritative sources told The Island that the warning had been given during a meeting between a US diplomat and a top minister representing the SLFP following the conclusion of the ‘White Flag’ case.
Sources quoted the diplomat as having told the minister that a survey carried out by the US had revealed that the majority of Sri Lankans wanted Gen. Fonseka released.
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