| At least 8 accounts of torture and sexual violence under Sri Lanka's new government are expected to be documented in a report released by the International Truth and Justice Project Sri Lanka (ITJP) this week. The ITJP will release a report that expands on a previous study entitled "An Unfinished War:Torture and Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka, 2009-2014," reports Ceylon Today. The updated study will exhibit 180 cases of post-war torture and sexual violence in Sri Lanka, including eight accounts that occurred after the presidential elections of Jan 8 2015 and fourteen cases which took place in 2014. The head of the ITJP Yasmin Sooka, who also co-authored the UN panel of Experts Report into Sri Lanka's mass atrocities, previously said that sexual violence and torture against Tamils was a "systematic part of policy framework." Sri Lanka's concept of accountability not in accordance of international standards - BHRC Chair (25 Jun 2015) List of 110 disappeared placed in Sri Lanka's military custody released by ITJP (18 May 2015) Sexual violence against Tamils 'systematic', 'part of policy framework' - Yasmin Sooka (10 Jun 2014) New report on 'systematic' torture and sexual violence in Sri Lanka discussed at HRC side event (20 Mar 2014) | |
ITJP to document evidence of sexual violence and torture under new Sri Lanka government
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Tamil Guardian 26 July 2015
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