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.
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