United Nations: UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has condemned Sri Lanka for attacking his organisation's investigations into human rights violations there and "creating a wall of fear" to prevent people from providing evidence.

UN Secretary-General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric, told reporters here Friday that Zeid "spoke out against what he called the continuing attacks by the Sri Lankan Government on the integrity of the UN Human Rights Office's (UNHRO) investigation into alleged grave human rights violations and abuses in the country."