Sri Lanka’s Former navy Commander Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda acknowledged the existence of underground detention cells in the Trincomalee naval dockyard said TNA parliamentarian MA Sumanthiran on Friday.
Speaking during Sri Lanka’s parliamentary debate on the 2016 budget, Mr Sumanthiran asked why Karannagoda was not being investigated over evidence of secret torture cells in Sri Lanka.
Mr Sumanthiran quoted the navy commander of telling press that the cells had been used to detain people but not torture them, reports Colombo Gazette.
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Speaking during Sri Lanka’s parliamentary debate on the 2016 budget, Mr Sumanthiran asked why Karannagoda was not being investigated over evidence of secret torture cells in Sri Lanka.
Mr Sumanthiran quoted the navy commander of telling press that the cells had been used to detain people but not torture them, reports Colombo Gazette.
UN confirms existence of secret torture camps in Sri Lanka, calls on gov to reveal other possible locations
Tamil torture survivors name Lt Welegedara as having knowledge of Sri Lanka’s secret Trinco detention camp (20 Nov 2015)
Sri Lanka 'will probe' UN working group findings (20 Nov 2015)
ITJP calls for international forensics team to investigate Sri Lanka’s secret torture centres (20 Nov 2015)
UN confirms existence of secret torture camps in Sri Lanka, calls on gov to reveal other possible locations (18 Nov 2015)
Sri Lanka continues 'multifaceted assault of terror' on Tamils under new government (28 Jul 2015)
Tamils still held in secret Sri Lankan military camps (31 Mar 2015)