By Editor | Published: September 22, 2011
2011-09-22, Berne, Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Prosecutor initiated a criminal investigation against Jagath Dias, Major General and the commander of the 57th Division of the Sri Lankan Army during the May 2009 Operation against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The investigation has been initiated as a result of a criminal complaint filed with [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged 57th Division, ambassador, criminal complaint, criminal investigation, diplomatic immunity, diplomatic visa, dossier, ECCHR, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Federal Foreign Office, federal prosecutor, Germany, hospitals, humanitarian institutions, Jagath Dias, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Major General, no-fire-zones, Office of the Attorney General, religious sites, Society for Threatened Peoples Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Army, Switzerland, the Vatican, TRIAL, war crimes
Switzerland: Dias: Sri Lankan Major General Investigated for War Crimes