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Forensic evidence of torture found on murdered Tamil youth

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A second autopsy on a Tamil youth from Batticaloa who was “beaten to death” Sri Lankan police, has reportedly revealed signs of torture according to lawyers for the murdered man’s family. 22-year old Chandran Vithusan was tied to a tree and assaulted in front of his family members by Sri Lankan police officers, before being taken into custody by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on June 3rd. He was pronounced dead the following morning. Tamil lawyer Sugas Kanagaratnam and Vithusan’s family had demanded a second autopsy, after an initial autopsy…

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Senior DIG of Sri Lanka police, Ranmal Kodithuwakku accused of torture, sexual abuse & cover up

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A senior Police officer, already transferred over an incident involving a driver, Mr. Mishara Ranasinghe on the road, has now been accused of torture and sexual abuse, in a letter sent to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by a law firm. Shocking details of the incident that transpired on the road and at the Police station have been mentioned in a letter send by a well known law firm to the President. Neelakandan and Neelakandan, the lawyers appearing on behalf of the driver, have told the President in a detailed letter that…

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Is the increase in police violence due to drug use by police officers?

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Today (01) it was reported in the media that 37 police officers who are addicted to drugs are on active duty in the Western Province. This was revealed by a survey conducted by the Police Headquarters. According to the report, 28 officers who are addicted to drugs are on duty in the Colombo Police Division. A special investigation has been launched to find police officers in other provinces who are addicted to drugs and the police have taken steps to identify all police officers who are addicted to drugs, and…

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SDIG Ranmal Kodithuwakku charged with assaulting a civilian

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Sabaragamuwa Senior DIG Ranmal Kodithuwakku has been charged with assaulting a civilian. A special investigation has been launched into Sabaragamuwa Senior DIG Ranmal Kodithuwakku who is accused of inhumanely assaulting a civilian on the Ratnapura – Kiriella road on the 25th at noon, said SSP Nihal Thalduwa yesterday (26). Accordingly, steps have been taken to transfer him with immediate effect to the Police Medical and Welfare Unit at the Police Field Force Headquarters. Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Kalutara District K.S. P. M. Gunaratne has been…

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A drunken police officer assaults a person

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යක්කලමුල්ල පොලීසිය බීමතින් පුද්ගලයෙකුට පහර දී යකා නටයි!

A man who had gone to a funeral home in Udugama has been assaulted by three drunken  police officers at Yakkalamulla police. The victim is Nagoda Gamage Sudath Sanjeewa, a married father of one, residing at Miniranwalakanda, Udugama Central. He works as a scavenger driver. A funeral was held at the house of his friend Chamara Idunil and He had also attended the Mathaka bana chanting held at that house last (22) and had stayed at that house. Sudath had gone to the Mathaka bana chanting that day on his…

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Police violence that cannot be hidden on social media!

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The video of a police constable assaulting two youths on a motorcycle in the Eravur area in Batticaloa has been circulating on social media since the 23rd of this month. Following the social media revelations about this police constable who had inhumanly assaulted the youth in public, the Police Department had to arrest him. Despite the arrests and suspensions, police violence has not stopped. But with the advancement of social media today, not only police officers but the entire state as well as the private sector need to think twice…

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Police officer who assaulted youths in public caught on camera!

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A video of two young men in the Eastern Province being brutally assaulted by a uniformed police officer is rapidly circulating on social media. The attack was carried out by a traffic police constable bearing the number 61169 in Eravur town on Friday evening, October 22. The two youths were on their way to a restaurant in the city on a motorbike for dinner and they had been riding the motorcycle despite the police officer’s order to stop the motorcycle. The video shows a police officer following them, scolding the…

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Prison officials think of inmates with contempt – Attorney-at-Law Senaka Perera

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Senaka Perera, Attorney-at-Law, Chairman of the Committee to Protect the Rights of Prisoners, says that despite the slogan ‘Prisoners are human beings’, law enforcement officials themselves have a low opinion of prisoners / suspects. He said that there are 28 prisons in Sri Lanka and there are about 25,000 suspects and prisoners in them at present and they are not treated as human beings in prisons in any way. He pointed out that although there have been a number of murders in prisons so far, there is still no culprit, citing…

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Two inmates assaulted at Angunakolapelessa Prison

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Angunakolapelessa Magistrate Darshima Premaratne yesterday (11) ordered the immediate release of two inmates who were assaulted by officers at the Angunakolapelessa Prison. She has also ordered a team of senior police officers to conduct an impartial investigation into the incident. Amila Kumarasinghe, a member of the Angunakolapelessa Pradeshiya Sabha and a member of the SLPP and his cousin Dulantha Rajapaksa were released on bail. Dulantha Rajapaksa is currently in the Intensive Care Unit of the Karapitiya Hospital due to internal bleeding due to the brutal assault at the prison. Two…

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The youth who was imprisoned for 12 years under the PTA Act has been released

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A Tamil youth who was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and imprisoned for more than 12 years without charge has been acquitted and released by a court. The Moneragala Magistrate’s Court has acquitted and released Kadirvelu Kabilan, a 20 year old youth. He is a resident of Akkarepattu, Sinnapanamkattai in the Ampara District. Kadirvelu Kabilan, who was arrested on May 20, 2009 after the end of the war in the North, has been remanded in custody for one and a half years and remanded from February 15, 2011…

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