Landmark Cases

Personal details of the victim The victim name is Jerad Mervin Perera, 42years old from Wattala, gampaha district of the island. He was married person and worked in the Colombo dockyard. Incident On the 14th June of 2002 Jerad Mervin Perera was arrested by Police officers attached to Wattala Police station, accusing for a triple

Personal details of the victim. The victim name is R.H.M. Keerthirathna, 50 years old, resident in Mudalakkuliya, Puttalam district of Sri Lanka. Incident On January 18, 2011, Anamaduwa police officers visited the victim’s home and arrested him. The reason for his arrest is not known. He was taken to the police station and produced before

Personal details of the victims. There were 13 victims faced this torture incident and one person was died. R2L has given legal support for 03 victims of them. They are Sameera Sandaruwan, Jayathilaka & Pradeep kumara. They were working as labors in the Katunayaka Free Trade Zone when they faced this incident. Incident The workers

Personal details of the victim The victim name is Sumith Prasanna, 30 years old, married person, who was lived in Embilipitya, Rathnapura district of Sri Lanka. He was businessman. Incident On the 04th of January 2016, Sumith Prasanna had taken part to a party was being held, at a residence in the Embilipitiya town. During

Personal details of the victim The victim name is David Amarasinghe, 56 years old, resident of Kirindiwela, Gampaha district of Sri Lanka. He was a farmer. Incident On 13th August 2010 around 11.55 p.m David Amarasinghe was illegally arrested and brutally tortured near the Hanwella road junction of Kirindiwela by the police officers of the

Personal details of the victim The victim name is Dassanayake Nimal Chandrasiri of Wadduwa, Western Province of Sri Lanka. He was 56 years old, married person & has two children. He was a fisherman. Incident The victim was arrested by a team of police officers attached to Wadduwa police station. Police officers were brought the

Personal details of the victim The victim name is K.A. Hemasiri, 60years old, a resident of Hakmana, Southern province of Sri Lanka. He is a former principal of a government school. He is married & has two children, both are doctors. Incident On the 19th of December 2009, after attending to some propaganda work of

Personal details of the victim The victim name is Sandun Malinga, 17years old, school student from Kandeketiya, Badulla district of Sri Lanka. Incident On the 07th of May 2014, Sandun Malinga and his four other relatives were arrested by the police officers of Kandaketiya police station, for punishable offence of treasurer hunting. Police officers had