New report finds torture and sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka increasing
21 March 2014
A report released today on Sri Lanka - An Unfinished War: Torture and Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka, 2009 - 2014 - concludes that "abduction, arbitrary detention, torture, rape and sexual violence has increased in the post-war period" against Tamil people by Sri Lankan security forces and there was "a prima facie case of post-war crimes against humanity by the Sri Lankan security forces, with respect to (a) torture and (b) rape and sexual violence."
See full report here.
21 March 2014
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| Yaumin Suco , Author of the report at HRC25 presenting the report (©sunanda deshapriya) |
A report released today on Sri Lanka - An Unfinished War: Torture and Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka, 2009 - 2014 - concludes that "abduction, arbitrary detention, torture, rape and sexual violence has increased in the post-war period" against Tamil people by Sri Lankan security forces and there was "a prima facie case of post-war crimes against humanity by the Sri Lankan security forces, with respect to (a) torture and (b) rape and sexual violence."See full report here.
