Rita's struggle for 14 long years to mete out punishment to the criminals who raped her or the lame and faltering justice that prevails in Sri Lanka
Justice delayed is justice denied..!
(Lanka-e-News -02.Jan.2016, 01.00PM) On 28th December 2015, the Nuwara Eliya High Court delivered a historic judgment: two men were each sentenced to 23 years rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay Rs. 200,000 in compensation after being convicted for the abduction and rape of Rita, a 17 year old Tamil girl from Talawakele in the hill country, on 12th August 2001.