Landmark Cases
July 2nd, 2021
Kandaketiya Judgement and Continuing Deaths in State Custody – Ruki Fernando
On the May 7, 2014 Sandun Malinga, a 17 year old boy and four others with him were beaten by police officers, arrested and detained at the Kandaketiya police in the Badulla district. The next day, around 2.30 am, Sandun…
March 6th, 2021
ශ්රියානි සිල්වා ඒදිරිව ඉද්දමල්ගොඩ නඩුව – ලෝකයේ දිගම වදහිංසා නඩුව
ලෝකයේ දිගම වදහිංසා නඩුව මේ දින වල ලොව පුරා ප්රචලිත පුවත වන්නේ ඇමරිකාවේ සුදු ජාතික පොලිස් නිලධාරියෙකු විසින් කළු ජාතික සාමන්ය පුරවැසියකුගේ බෙල්ල මත දණහිස තබා මරණයට පත් කිරීමේ සිදු වීමයි. එම මරණය සිදු කල ආකාරය ඡායාරූප ගත කර ඇති…
May 6th, 2020
Wattala police torture case – Gerad Mervin Perera
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…
May 6th, 2020
Illegally arrest by the Anamaduwa Police officers.
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…
May 6th, 2020
Torture case in Katunayake Free Trade Zone.
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…
May 6th, 2020
Embilipitiya Police Torture Case
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…
May 6th, 2020
Kirindiwela Police Torture Case
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…
May 5th, 2020
Wadduwa Police Torture Case
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…
May 5th, 2020
Hakmana Police Torture Case
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…
May 5th, 2020
Kandeketiya Police Torture Case
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…
May 5th, 2020
Pitabeddara Police Torture Case
Pitabeddara Police Torture Case Personal details of the victim The victim name is Dodampe Gamage Asantha Aravinda, 25years old from Pitabeddara of Galle district of Sri Lanka who is a businessman & married person. Incident On the 28th of February…
May 5th, 2020
Rape case in the Bandaranayake International Airport at Katunayake.
Personal details of the victim The victim name is Gunasekara Arachchilage Niluka Krishanthi, 30years old from Kurunegala district of Sri Lanka. She is married and have a child. She had planned to go abroad for job as a housemaid. Incident…
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