• A rights group has filed a criminal complaint calling for the detention of Sri Lanka’s former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
• It says he violated the Geneva Conventions severely in 2009 while serving as defence minister.
• The complaint was filed with Singapore’s attorney general.

COLOMBO: A rights organisation investigating alleged wrongdoing in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore’s attorney general calling for the detention of former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his part in the country’s protracted civil conflict.

According to a copy of the complaint obtained by Reuters, the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) said Rajapaksa violated the Geneva Conventions severely in 2009 while serving as the nation’s defence minister.

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