The doctors active until the last days of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, were forced by the government to deny accounts they gave to media while trapped in the No Fire Zone, one of them has revealed.
Speaking to Channel 4, Dr Varatharajah Thurairajah said that a senior military official told him that his freedom was dependent on him recanting what he told media during the last phase of the armed conflict.
"He said the president and Gotabaya, they are angry with you because you informed about the whole situation to the media," the doctor said.
Dr Varatharajah consequently took part in a press conference, along with the other four doctors, denying casualty figures caused by government shelling during the last months.
Read full piece by Callum Macrae for Channel 4 here.
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