”2.1 A protracted civil war of 26 years between government forces and the LTTE inflicted devastating consequences at a human, social, and institutional level. In May 2009, a military victory declared by the Sri Lankan Government saw the end of the war”. ”2.3 In September 2010, constitutional reform was rushed through Parliament (18th Amendment to the Constitution), which among other things, effectively removed the two term limit on the Executive Presidency, thereby solidifying the president’s power over the Attorney-General, judiciary and various “independent” commissions. The president was conferred unfettered powers…
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SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF MALE SEXUAL VIOLENCE Report 2016 Supported by a grant from the “Open Society Foundations”
The ongoing researches in Sri Lanka on torture and torture related matters has to be looked into in various angles and should not be repeated by any chance. At the same the output of the research has to be reached to the targeted audience. The awareness among general public on this perspective on torture has to be built up in the future and the endeavor has to be done on this regard in different angle. The evidence based advocacy has to be the approach. specially in this research has been…
Read MorePolice torture cases Sri Lanka 1998- 2011, Edited by Basil Fernando
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has compiled a report of 1500 cases of police torture in Sri Lanka between 1998 and 2011. This particular report summarizes 323 of the most serious cases of torture. The most notable finding of this report is that almost all of the victims whose cases were summarized were randomly selected by the police to be arrested and detained for a fabricated charge. Perhaps the most shocking aspect of the criminal justice system in Sri Lanka is the overwhelmingly large number of charges which are…
Read MoreNaomi Michelle Cokeman vs The Hon. Attorney General Attorney General’s Department S.C (FR) Application 136/2014
On the day in question as pleaded Petitioner arrived in Sri Lanka at the Katunayake airport. All official steps as clearance from Customs AND Immigrations were attended and was permitted entry. She proceeded towards the exit of the airport. Petitioner was approached by a taxi driver called ‘Kelum’ who was later identified and another bystander informed her that the tattoo she was displaying on her right arm is objectionable in Sri Lanka. Thereafter another person claiming to be a member of the Civil Defence Force came to the scene and…
Read MoreSWARNA MANJULA and NAWARATHNA HENALAGE ROSALIYA vs PUSHPAKUMARA and others S.C. F.R. No. 241/14
In their application to this Court, the petitioners allege that the 1st and 2nd respondents violated several of the petitioners‟ fundamental rights. The case urged by the petitioners and the positions taken in the 1st and 2nd respondents‟ affidavits and documents annexed thereto, all require careful scrutiny. Therefore, I will set out, in some detail, the petitioners‟ narrative of the alleged events upon which they base their application to this Court and the positions taken by the 1st and 2nd respondents in their affidavits and the contents of the documents…
Read MoreA collection of documents on THE IMPEACHMENT MOTION AGAINST SHIRANI BANDARANAYAKE Chief Justice Of Sri Lanka by Asian Human Rights Commission
To all persons whose support is solicited An impeachment motion has been filed by 117 Members of Parliament who are members of the ruling alliance against the Chief Justice, Mrs. Shirani Bandaranayake.The background to the filing was some judgements given by the Supreme Court bench of which the Chief Justice was the head declaring some bills submitted to them by the government were in conflict with the Constitution. These judgements have been seen by almost everyone as the reason behind the impeachment.The lawyers for the Chief Justice have already issued…
Read MoreJayalath Perera vs Jagath Nishantha, Sub Inspector of Police and others SC. Application FR. No 319/2012
The Petitioner, in his amended petition, further states that he was assaulted and tortured by the 1st , 3rd and 5 th Respondents at the Divisional Crime Investigation Unit. He, in paragraph 10 of the affidavit filed in this Court, states that the assault/torture at the said Divisional Crime Investigation Unit was witnessed by G.A. Hemantha Perera and G.A. Rathnasiri Perera who were his brothers. But surprisingly the said Hemantha Perera and Rathnasiri Perera in their affidavits marked P8 and P9 do not support the said version of the Petitioner.…
Read MoreKankanamge Nalin and Kankanamge Nalin vs Kamalsiri and others S.C(FR) No. 599/2011
His wife’s complaint is that she was assaulted by the 2nd and 3rd Respondents. Although she says in her affidavit that she suffered unbearable pain in the abdomen. Dr. who examined her on the day of the alleged incident has made the following observations. “No head injuries, no E.N.T. bleedings, no vomiting and no abdomen pain”. Therefore we feel that her complaint of assault has also not been supported by medical evidence. Both stories narrated by the 1st Petitioner and the 2nd Petitioner have not been presented with high degree…
Read MoreSRI LANKA BULLETIN: RECENT REPORTS ON TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT 2011
This Country of Origin Information (COI) Bulletin has been produced by the COI Service, United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA), for use by officials involved in the asylum/human rights determination process, The Bulletin brings to the attention of decision makers a number of reports released between September and November 2011 which document torture and other forms of ill treatment in Sri Lanka. It provides a selection of extracts from the sources as a guide to the general content of the reports, with a focus on events in 2011. However the Bulletin…
Read MoreJOINT ALTERNATIVE REPORT from the Sri Lankan NGO Collective to the Committee Against Torture in 2011
JOINT ALTERNATIVE REPORT from the Sri Lankan NGO Collective submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture in 2011. This joint report is submitted to the Committee against Torture (“the Committee”) in response to the Committee’s list of issues to be considered during the examination of the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Sri Lanka (CAT/C/LKA/3-4). Read full Report here>>
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