Australian claims Sri Lankan agents sexually tortured him
The Australian man abducted in Sri Lanka over the weekend has contradicted the claims of the Colombo government, claiming it abducted him, and were it not for Canberra’s intervention he would have faced certain death.
Premakumar Gunaratnam, a 42-year-old Sri Lankan left wing politician who moved to Australia in 2006, held a press conference at his house in Sydney’s north this afternoon, after leaving Sri Lanka yesterday.
He said that he was handcuffed, blindfolded and physically and sexually tortured during his three day detention.
“I have no doubt that if I didn’t have the Australian government’s support I would have been killed just like my brother and hundreds of other political activists and journalists have been killed,” Mr Gunaratnam said at his Dural home at about 2.30pm.
His claims will put pressure on the Sri Lankan government, who at first said they were unaware of Mr Gunaratnam’s presence in their country, and once he was located stated categorically that they had played no role in his disappearance.
“The Sri Lankan authorities never arrested that person,” the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Canberra, Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, told Fairfax media on Tuesday.
Disputing that contention, Mr Gunaratnam said: “I can confirm I was abducted by the Sri Lankan government forces, blindfolded and tortured. This includes, I am embarrassed to say, sexual torture.”
He called on the international community to acknowledge what he says are ongoing human rights violations in Sri Lanka being commited by the govenrment of Mahinda Rajapaksa.
“If everyone ignores the human rights violations in Sri Lanka then the Rajapaksa regime will continue the dictatorial regime abducting and killing people who speak out,” he said.
“The free-thinking world should take a stance against (these) gross human rights violations.”
Comment is being sought from the Sri Lankan government.
Source: Brisbane Times
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AWAJATHAKA PARA BA**A.DON’T NEVER EVER COME TO SRI LANKA.AUSTRALIA IS GOOD FOR YOU BECAUSE IT’S A BA**ERD NATION.
Who are you evil tamil chicken shit asking to take “stance” of F..king Free thinking world..? We majority of Srilankans know very well what to do here.! Evil Free thinkers can take stances in where they belongs.!
I am ashamed to be a SriLankan.
“The Sri Lankan authorities never arrested that person,” the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Canberra, Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, told Fairfax media on Tuesday.
Mr.Thisara, have you packed your bags….Australia is going to deport you soon based on your war crimes.
Major General Presanna Silva has already packed the bags leaveing soon. Looks like the “The human rights pot has started to boil”, Run…
I wouldn’t trust this guy for one cent.
The Sri Lankan establishment behaved professionally in this instance.
Mr Gunaratnam should be investigated and SL government should seek his extradition from Australia to face charges in an SL court.
See the pictures of these two jokers.Can anyone sexually harass this monkey?
See the picture of other woman.A curse for a society.