“Torture of Tamil detainees in Sri Lanka has continued, says charity” by Julian Borger

Sri Lankan security forces have continued to torture Tamil detainees even after the election of reformist president Maithripala Sirisena in January, according to a report.

The report, by the UK-based charity Freedom From Torture (FFT) and published on Thursday, comes just four days before critical parliamentary elections on 17 August. Sirisena, elected on a promise to lift government repression, is seeking to prevent a comeback by his predecessor, Mahinda Rajapaksa, whose government has been accused of systematic brutality against the country’s Tamils after the military rout of the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.

see: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/13/torture-tamil-detainees-sri-lanka-report-alleges


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DM (17 août 2015). “Torture of Tamil detainees in Sri Lanka has continued, says charity” by Julian Borger. SRI LANKA & DIASPORAS. Consulté le 15 novembre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/u8sj


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