Sri Lankan Parliament to debate report on ‘torture camp’ from 1980s

Sri Lankan Parliament to debate report on ‘torture camp’ from 1980s

Parliament debates 1998 Batalanda report on torture allegations, sparking calls for justice and legal action in Sri Lanka.

Ranil rejects Batalanda Commission findings

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday dismissed the findings of the Batalanda Commission report, asserting that it was politically driven and aimed at discrediting him.

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe says he rejects the Batalanda Commission report. He made this statement while making a special statement regarding the report. Meanwhile, a two-day debate on the Batalanda Commission of Inquiry report is scheduled to be held in Parliament on April 10. The Parliamentary Affairs Committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickremesinghe. April […] The post Ranil rejects the Bataland…

Condemning power games over the ‘Batalanda atrocity’ • Sri Lanka Brief

Image courtesy of LankaSara Kishaly Pinto-Jayawardene. Has anyone spotted the very large elephant in the ‘Batalanda’ torture chamber, I wonder? The ruse of ‘tabling’ the Commission Report To be perfectly clear, this is not simply a word play on the United National Party’s (UNP) party symbol and its ruthless state-terror tactics to quell the South’s second youth uprising (1987-1989). That included employing the Batalanda Housing Scheme to torture…

Ranil Wickremesinghe rejects Batalanda Commission report

Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, issuing a special statement today (March 16), categorically rejected the ‘Batalanda’ Commission report, which investigated the unlawful detention and killing of youth in Batalanda. He pointed out that the commission report also details the heinous terrorist acts committed by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during the 1988-90 period. Below is the special statement issued by former Sri Lankan P…

Parliament to debate ‘Batalanda’ Commission report on April 10 - LankaXpress

The Parliamentary Communications Department has announced that the parliamentary debate on the ‘Batalanda’ Commission report will commence on April 10. Acting Director of Communications of Parliament, Mr. Jayalath Perera stated that the debate will be conducted in two stages. “From 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM, the debate on the ‘Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Places of Unlawful Detention and Torture Chamber…