Image: The assaulted young man. 88 Chemmany Road, Nallur, Jaffna. 11 February 2019 His Excellency Suren Raghavan Governor, Northern Province. Your Excellency: The Police in Jaffna – Do we need them? In the absence of a Chief Minister and Provincial Representatives who are being very wrongfully denied us here in the Northern Province by not […]
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Police STF Chief Threatens Journalists Over Cocaine Detection
(DIG Ranjith Perera) DIG Ranjith Perera, the head of the Police Department’s commando arm, the Special Task Force (STF), on Friday publicly threatened to punish the media in the way they (the STF) dealt with the criminal underworld. “Why isn’t anything being written against the Army, Navy or the Air Force? If you write against […]
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Sri Lanka Police Asks Lawyers Not to Appear for Known Criminals
In a strange turn of events Sri Lanka police, which is entrusted to protect rule of law in the country has asked lawyers not to appear for known criminals, reports Colombo Gazette. This police statement has been made in the wake of Dunesh Priyashantha, who was arrested and tortured by the police, making a complaint […]
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While HRC 30 Debating Sexual Harassment by SL Military, SL Police Were Torturing & Sexually Abusing a School Boy
( File photo: Sri Lanka police known for its inhumane practices) While United Nations Human Rights Council was listening to allegations of sexual harassment of Tamil detainees by Sri Lanka military, Sri Lanka police was torturing a 17 year school boy arrested in suspicion of the rape and killing of 5 year old girl child […]
