UN rights watchdog calls on Sri Lanka to investigate torture
Reuters: A UN rights watchdog called on Sri Lanka on Wednesday to investigate documented allegations of torture and rape of detainees by security forces and to rein in broad police powers.
The United Nations Committee against Torture described continuing reports of abductions, deaths in custody, poor conditions of detention and the use of forced confessions in court.
There was no immediate response from the Sri Lankan authorities. But the committee’s report said the i