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TORTURE BY THE POLICE IN SRI LANKA, Special Report

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Because of the widespread use of torture in Sri Lanka, a practice that has become a routine part of the criminal investigation procedure in the country and accepted by the police as "normal" but resented by the people, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a sister organisation of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), is devoting the next issue of its bimonthly publication Article 2 to a report about this important concern.

The report will contain details of more than 30 torture cases that have occurred in Sri Lanka in the past four or five months and recommendations to end this habitual use of violence by those who are entrusted to uphold the law and protect the people of the country. The release of the report is timely in the context of the peace talks that have commenced between the government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Sustainable peace requires restoration of law and order in all of the country.
We are writing to inform you about the release of this report and to invite your participation in a global campaign against torture in general and in Sri Lanka in particular. We are sending you a press statement announcing the release of the report and a copy of article 2 in the pdf format.

The publication is also be available online at <http://www.article2.org/index.php>.
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