Jayalath Jayawardena

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Dr.Jayalath Jayawardena with senior LTTE members and German university students while attending to a Tsunami Siren distribution program in Kilinochchi

Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena, (thirded from the left) on 28 October 2005

Dr Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP (born 16 August 1953) is a qualified medical officer who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party (UNP) in 1994. Jayawardena is known as a human rights activist.

Jayawardena, as the Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Refugees was once invited by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to deliver a speech on "Sustainable Voluntary Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons" in Geneva.

[edit] References

• President puts a life at risk: The Jayalath Jayawardena Case, the UN Human Rights Committee Decisions Article 2, Vol 4, issue 4. Asian Legal Resource Centre, 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2006-12-01
• Sri Lanka - Attacks on Justice 2000 International Commission of Jurists, 2001-08-13. Retrieved 2006-12-01

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