As the external affairs secretary meets Hiliary Clinton, and international attention focuses on Sri Lanka's failure to make meaningful progress on accountability, transparency and justice, the Sri Lankan state have made announcements over the past few days pledging to carry out tasks that have eluded them for three years.
On Sunday the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) announced that a mechanism has been estabilished that will "provide of the details of the detainees and those who are already released by the Terrorist Investigation Division". The Ministry of Defence said the information would only be provided to close relatives, such as a spouse, children, parent or sibling.
Meanwhile, speaking to The Hindu, Mahinda Rajapaksa pledged to release imprisoned former Army Commander, Sarath Fonseka, saying "We will release him soon".
