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

Index Number: ASA 37/015/2000
Date Published: 7 June 2000
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Sri Lanka

Police have arrested five young men: Sinnathamby Pradeepan; Poopalaratnam Arulramesh; Gunasekaran Sathiyaseelan; Amithamby Eswaran and Ganesh Chandrakanthan (killed) on suspicion of involvement with the armed opposition group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). One is known to have died in custody, and the others are believed to have been severely tortured.