mr rajapa ksa, mr gotabhaya rajapaksa in a us court. ince rescinded his us citizenship. there has been no progress and the family should be directly blamed for that.” progress and the family should be directly blamed for that. i am not responsible. now under this government, there have been inquiries. but they have not been able to pinpoint anybody without any reasonable, you know, doubt. who had done this. the number of cases against him has also risen in recent months. even if he wins, he is likely to face drawnout court battles. mr rajapa ksa likely to face drawnout court battles. mr rajapaksa denies any wrongdoing. these elections are happening in the backdrop of easter sunday bombings earlier in the air. mr rajapa ksa was sunday bombings earlier in the air. mr rajapaksa was marked strongman image appeals to many families who have been critical of attacks. sri lanka's governing alliance has a formidable task of challenging mr raja pa ksa. formidable task of challenging mr rajapa ksa. anbarasan ethirajan, formidable task of challengin

gotabhaya rajapaksa has been accused of human rights abuses during his time as defence chief. ya rajapa ksa — the feared wartime official who is running for the country's top job. mr rajapaksa, a brother of the former president mahinda, is a controversial figure. he served as the defence secretary while his brother was president from 2005 to 2015. the un says tens of thousands of people were killed during the final stages of a nearly three—decade—old civil war. some of those killed during the conflict were journalists who were critics of the then—government. in one of the cases, a well—known editor, lasa ntha wickrematunge, was murdered in colombo in 2009. mr wickrematunge's family and other rights abuse victims have filed lawsuits against mr rajapaksa in a us court. mr rajapaksa, a dual national at the time of the alleged incident says he has now renounced his us citizenship. i caught up with him at his colombo residence. the well—known journalist lasa ntha wickrematungewas killed about ten years ago. so far the investigation has not made any progress and the family — they dir

gotabhaya rajapaksa was nominated by the sri lankan people's front on sunday, despite having been accusedef during the civil conflict against the tamil tigers. 0ur south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan reports. the long wait is over for gotabhaya rajapa ksa — the feared wartime official who is running for the country's top job. mr rajapaksa, a brother of the former president mahinda, is a controversial figure. he served as the defence secretary while his brother was president from 2005 to 2015. the un says tens of thousands of people were killed during the final stages of a nearly three—decade—old civil war. some of those killed during the conflict were journalists who were critics of the then—government. in one of the cases, a well—known editor, lasa ntha wickrematunge, was murdered in colombo in 2009. mr wickrematunge's family and other rights abuse victims have filed lawsuits against mr rajapaksa in a us court. mr rajapaksa, a dual national at the time of the alleged incident says he has now renounced his us citizenship. i caught up with him at his colombo residence. the well—

gotabhaya rajapaksa was in charge of the military operations durign the the final stages of the country'sajapa ksa, the feared wartime official who is running for the country's top job. mr rajapa ksa, brother of the former president mahinda, is a controversial figure. he served as the defence secretary when his brother was the president from 2005 to 2015. the un says tens of thousands of people were killed during the final stages of nearly three decade old civil war. some of those killed during the conflict where a who were critics of the then government. in one of the cases, a well—known editor, lasa ntha wickrematunge, was murdered in colombo in 2009. mr wickrematunge's family and other rights abuse victims have filed lawsuits against mr rajapaksa in a us court. mr rajapaksa, who was a dual national at the time of the alleged incident, says he has now renounced his us citizenship. i caught up with him at his columbo residence. the well—known journalist lasantha wickrematunge was killed about ten years ago. so far, the investigation has not made any progress and the family, they directly