Sri Lankan presidential hopeful Gotabaya Rajapaksa faces new lawsuits in US court
Published on: Thursday 27 June 2019
Sri Lankan torture victims have filed 10 new claims for damages in a US court against wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa, lawyers for the plaintiffs and a rights group said, possibly jeopardising his plan to run for president.
Rajapaksa, the younger brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, is seeking to renounce his US citizenship to enable him to run in Sri Lanka`s presidential election this year, and lawsuits over alleged human rights abuse during the war against separatist Tamil fighters could complicate his bid.
