Sri Lanka: Further information on Fear of torture / medical concern / death in custody

Amnesty International has learned that members of the ICRC and the National Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka visited Sinnathamby Pradeepan, Poopalaratnam Arulramesh, Gunasekaran Sathiyaseelan and Samithamby Eswaranthe, detainees held at Kantalai police station.Members of their families were also allowed to visit them. According to reliable sources, Ganesh Chandrakanthan was badly tortured on the day of his arrest, 4 June. On 7 June, police told his family that he had been killed by a grenade he had set off at the time of his arrest.

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