The Head Office and the Regional Offices of the Commission carried out inspections of 1479 Police Stations island wide, at least once a month. Sometimes, inspections were performed in the night. Special visits to TID  The senior officers of the Commissions made a special visit on 07.03.2014 to Terrorist Investigation Division to observe the detention condition and legality of the arrest of Rukshan Fernando, Human Rights Defender and Catholic Priest Fr. Praveen. They have been arrest on 16.03.2014 at Kilinochchi and taken to Vavuniya then to Colombo and non been produced to judicial medical officer. HRCSL recorded to statement and he has requested to inform his relatives & lawyers to be informed. The HRCSL team met the OIC – TID and informed to ensure safely and Right to not to be tortured or harassment of the detainees and take quick legal action. Further inform to provide opportunity for their lawyers and relatives to visit them. The HRCSL team took steps to inform relatives about arrest and detention conditions.  HRCSL took sumo-moto action based on the web news of Human Rights Watch to visit 03 detainees who had been deported to Sri Lanka from Malaysia. A team lead by a Commissioner visited TID to see detainees named Chandralingam Raj Kumar, Selvadurai Kirupanandan and Mahadevan Krupandan. HRCSL had observed the detained suspects are in good health condition and not tortured. Detainees have informed although they received food, clothes and other necessities are also needed. The Commission discussed with the authorities to provide the required items. The Commission emphasized the authorities to ensure the safety conditions of the detainees and expedite legal actions. 28

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