Sri Lanka: Further information on arbitrary detention / torture: Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam

Sri Lanka: Further information on arbitrary detention / torture: Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam

According to sources close to him, journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam was given a further three months’ detention on 7 June 2008. Despite a request from the Magistrate, the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) did not bring him to court to be informed of this. He remains in TID custody in Colombo without charge, and is at risk of further torture.