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Sunanda Deshapriya International press freedom mission which visited Sri Lanka in November 2009 says in its report  that ” in effect, the case ( of the murder of Wikramathinge) remains where it was when the preliminary inquest into the murder was held.” Further the report provides detailed description of how police is dragging the case [...]

An article by Sunanda Deshapriya, a senior Sinhalase journalist who has taken refuge in Chennai Sri Lanka is among the most dangerous places in the world for a working journalist. During the last three years media in Sri Lanka has come under unprecedented pressure. Journalists have been killed, abducted, assaulted, arrested and labelled as traitors.  [...]

Urgent Appeals Case: UAC-078-2009 http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/support.php?ua=UAC-078-2009 SRI LANKA: Police officers torture and frame a young man who has been in remand prison for a year ISSUES: Fabricated charges; torture ——————————————————– Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a young man was taken into a police station and tortured after he displeased local [...]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a statement on 28 January 2009 alerts the unfolding of a major humanitarian crisis: