Sri Lanka, May 18 -- Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today ordered the case filed against six individuals, including Member of Parliament Wimal Weerawansa, to be recalled for further hearing of evidence on the 13th of next July. The case involves allegations of causing a public nuisance by blocking the road in front of the United Nations office in Colombo in protest against the visit of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Al Hussein to Sri Lanka in 2016.

The Cinnamon Gardens Police filed this case against conducting a protest that blocked the roads in front of the United Nations office located in the Thummulla area, Colombo, protesting the global Human Rights Commissioner's visit to Sri Lanka on 6 ...