NewsThe Sri Lankan government has not met its pledge to curtail police abuses prior to the March 2017 session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today. A 2015 report by Human Rights Watch also found that Sri Lankans routinely face torture and other ill-treatment by the police. The practice has abated somewhat after an outcry from the rejuvenated national Human Rights Commission and rights lawyers. Lawyers, families, and the Human Rights Commission report having access to PTA detainees, an improvement from past practice. “Curtailing torture in Sri Lanka requires serious reforms of the security sector, prosecutions of those responsible, and sustained political will from the top.”

Source: Sunday Times February 21, 2017 07:06 UTC