Sri Lanka: Presidential Election 2015 ( Video)
( December 19, 2014, Hong Kong SAR, Sri Lanka Guardian) This week’s episode of Weekly Roundup, a weekly video programme produced by the Asian Human Rights Commission, a rights group headquartered in Hong Kong SAR, covers events in Hong Kong, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
The episode begins with the recent carnage in Pakistan, where members of the Taliban have massacred more than 100 children, among others, in an attack on an army school.
Next, AHRC TV turns to Sri Lanka where early presidential elections are fast approaching. Basil Fernando and Nilantha Ilagamuwa of the AHRC offer their take on the intriguing circumstances.
Finally, in Hong Kong, the employer that tortured Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih is set to stand trial.
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