Urgent Appeal Case : The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. N A Aruna Roshantha (42) of Mugunuwatawana, Chilaw in the district of Puttalam was illegally arrested, detained, brutally tortured and laid with fabricated charges. On 24 March 2012, he returned home for lunch as it was his custom. When returning to work he was approached by an officer who insisted Aruna to show the location of the place where illicit liquor was being manufactured. When he denied any knowledge of this the officer started beating him. He was hospitalised at the Chilaw Base Hospital where he made a complaint to the police about his ill-treatment but as is customary in Sri Lanka no action has been taken. This case is yet another illustration of the exceptional collapse of the rule of law in the country. Read More...

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