President Maithripala Sirisena took part in a march themed Stop Torture held on the morning of June 30.

The march commenced opposite the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka in Borella.The event was organised by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.

A number of distinguished individuals, including the Minister of Law and Order Sagala Ratnayake, school students and the members of the commission took part in the march.

• Dairy farmers in Rambakan Oya crippled due to forest destruction
• Revelation on large scale deforestation at world heritage site, the Knuckles mountain Range
• Nuga tree close to the Crudia Zeylanica tree set ablaze
• Child beaten to death at a witchcraft ritual centre
• PM attends Yathiwara Abiman Felicitation ceremony