Abduction, torture and sexual violence continues despite the change of government in Sri Lanka

The International Truth & Justice Project released two interviews with Tamil victims of torture at the hands of Sri Lankan security forces, a practise that has continued on the island despite the change in government earlier this year.

The ITJP said:

"On 18 May 2015, ‘Witness1’, attended a Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day event for those who died in the last phase of the civil war. Within days he was abducted and taken to an unknown site where his torturers showed him photographs of himself at the event."
He was accused of trying to regroup the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or LTTE, a charge he denies. He had however assisted the opposition Tamil National Alliance party.

“After the change of government in January 2015, ‘Witness 2’ thought he’d be safe to go back to his village and join his family. Within a week he was abducted in a “white van”, brutally tortured and gang raped,” said ITJP.
These cases are among a total of eleven cases of security force torture and sexual violence that occurred in 2015 and have been documented by ITJP, all of whom are now outside Sri Lanka, said a press statement.