Sri Lanka: Further information: Remains of Sri Lankan defender exhumed

Index Number: ASA 37/010/2011
Date Published: 29 July 2011
Categories: Sri Lanka

Remains thought to be of Sri Lankan human rights defender Pattani Razeek were exhumed in Valaichchenai, Eastern Sri Lanka on 28 July. His family have tentatively identified his remains, pending a post mortem due to be carried out on 2 August 2011.