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Is it legal to assault a 16 year old school boy and hand over to the Police ? According to Negombo OIC yes it is legal.

Gayan Samudu  a 16year old school boy, from Kurana, assaulted  at St.Anne’s church.taken away and later on  handed over to  Negombo Police Station.Parents’ complaints go unheeded as the perpetrators are rich and well to do businessmen,in Negombo Area.  Vehicle used for this tragedy WP PD 7766. On hearing that Gayan had been taken to Police

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School Boy Tries to Commit suicide after getting Tortured by an Officer attached to Deniyaya Police Station

On the 28th April  on the orders of  Deniyaya Police, Horagalagamage Sumith Chandrakumara, Kotapola in Matara Distric, reports  to  Deniyaya Police Station  with his two sons, Indranieda and Janka Pradeep Kumara. At the Criminal Investigation Section, Janaka Pradeep Kumara was taken inside along with Ananda, a  resident of the Area.  After about ten minutes thery

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Committed Suicide or Murdered

On the 7th of April 2008,  Suren Kinson,a 22year old boy from Pahalagama,Gampaha,was taken to custody.,.According  to Gampaha Police that  the boy had  committed suicide by hanging inside the cell  using his underpants on the 9th April 2008. Suren Kinson had been brought up by his grand mother, since his mother had left him when

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Suspects in Gerard Mervyn Perera’s Torture Case acquitted & discharged

On the 3rd June 2002  Gerard Perera  of Makewita ,Wattala, was taken into custody and  tortured.  In terms of  Act No22 of 1994 a law incorporating  the Convention against Torture and Cruel and Inhuman Treatment Act, Legal Department  indicted seven Police Officers .in Negombo High Courts . Case No.326/2003. On the 21st of November 2004,

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Police Allegedly assault 14 year old School boy and fabricate charges

Addassuriyage Don Anil Shyama,14 year old school boy from Pattaduwana,Minuwangoda, taken into custody ,kept in the Police Station for four days tortured and fabricated charges . This boy’s father is a labourer, and his mother has left them.  On the night of 1st March 2008, Minuwnagoda Police ,arrested Anil,tortured into confessing to a robbery which

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The permission granted to Mr Sugath Nishantha to proceed with his Human Rights case against the Police officers of Negombo

The Supreme court of Srilanka has granted permission to proceed with a human rights case filed by Mr.Sugath Nishantha Claiming his fundamental rights were violated by the torture by Police officers of Negombo. The case was filled and was represented by Mr. J. C. Weliamuna, Attorney at Law. This case was filed against some Police

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An armed gang in a white Van without number plates abducts a father of two children in Puttalam

On the 28th of February 2008, at about 11.30 in the night  an armed gang  in a white van without   number plates has abducted  48 year old Thamby  Marikar Fais  a father of two children. According to his wife ,while they were sleeping  some one had shouted by her husband’s name ,when  inquired they  said

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