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Lawyer Complains to BASL Over Police Allegations Made in Open Court
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04/03/2026
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The Siddhalepa Torturer Becomes an ASP: The Supreme Court ordered punishment. The Police Commission offered a promotion.
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02/03/2026
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Crime and cops – Editorial, The Island
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17/01/2026
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Submission On the Protection of the State from Terrorism Act (PTSA) 2026
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16/01/2026
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Shanakiyan, MP Calls For Independent Investigation Into The Death of Sivanesharasha Rinoshan (23) In Police Custody
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07/12/2025
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Six Police Officers Found Guilty of Assaulting a Bus Operator and False Allegations
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13/10/2025
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Supreme Court Ruling: Police found guilty of torturing a minor; new directive issued to IGP
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03/09/2025
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Torture – A Crime Against Humanity – Shageetha Balachandran
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29/06/2025
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Guardians Turned Aggressors: Court Reaffirms Constitutional Limits on Police Power
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22/06/2025
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Eyewitness account of Batalanda torture camp
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16/03/2025
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Sri Lanka SC barred convicted torturer Deshabandu Thennakoon funtioning as IGP
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24/07/2024
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Police torture: 23 year old youth ends up having his testicles removed
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11/04/2024
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Sri Lanka Young Journalists’ Association go to courts against torturer IGP Deshabandu Thennakoon
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13/03/2024
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Sri Lanka: Media Organisations Collective fears that the crackdown may become more severe in the future.
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07/03/2024
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Sri Lanka: Opposition SJB goes to court against appointment of a torturer as IGP
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07/03/2024
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FUTA Condemns Appointing Deshabandu Tennakoon As New IGP
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06/03/2024
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Report to UN by Volker Türk: Appointment of torture convict as IGP highlights the need for comprehensive security sector reform in Sri Lanka
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02/03/2024
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Sri Lanka Brief Update: A to Z on Appointment of Deshabandu Thennakoon as the IGP
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29/02/2024
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Remove SDIG Deshabandu from acting IGP post for touring suspects – Civil society group
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29/01/2024
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War on Drugs in Sri Lanka: A mentally ill person arrested, beaten and remanded; Complaints by family members ignored
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26/01/2024
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SC gives leave to proceed to a FR petition alleging torture by Deshabandu Tennekoon
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23/01/2024
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Attorney at Law and HRD Namal Rajapaksa files FR petition at SC against Deshabandu Thennakoon’s appointment and promotions
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12/01/2024
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Sri Lanka: Lawyers request AG to prosecute Acting IGP for torture
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06/01/2024
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Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennekoon lies & I have never talked him on phone – Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando
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25/12/2023
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Sri Lanka 88-92: A Torture Victim’s Story – Ajith Parakum Jayasinghe
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27/06/2023
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‘Without attitude and behaviour change, SL will forever be in conflict’: Roy Ratnavel
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08/05/2023
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UN condemns Sri Lanka; Ordered to punish the perpetrators & pay compensation for a Tamil torture victim
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22/04/2023
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Sri Lanka: Thico Group owner Thilini Priyamali alleges she was ‘strip-searched’ in prison
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07/12/2022
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Torture of 11 year old students by Sri Lanka police & robber barons going scot-free
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10/11/2022
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Battered and bruised – Tamil fisherman attacked by Sri Lankan security officers
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22/12/2021
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