Charity hands UN file to back Sri Lankan torture claims

  Ian Cobain  guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 November 2011
Freedom From Torture doctors say torture continues after end of civil war as UK presses ahead with deportation of Tamils

A UK charity that is pushing for a halt to deportations to Sri Lanka has handed the UN a file of medical evidence to support allegations that authorities there are continuing to torture opponents.

The submission by Freedom From Torture – formerly known as the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture – is based on a review of 35 cases drawn from the 300-plus Sri Lankans who have been referred to the charity's UK clinics for examination or treatment over the last two years.

Physicians at the organisation say that detailed examinations of Sri Lankan patients show that torture is still continuing in 2011, two years after the end of the of the 26-year civil war that ended in defeat for separatist forces of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE.   Full Story>>>