Sri Lanka must make reparations to Canadian after imprisonment: UN
TORONTO — The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ordered the Sri Lankan government to make reparations for the alleged detention and torture of a Canadian man over the course of three years.
The committee said Sri Lanka must prosecute and punish those responsible for imprisoning Roy Samathanam while he was in the country for a visit in 2007 until his release in 2010.
Samathanam was allegedly tortured and forced to sign a confession to being part of the rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam before he was released, the committee said in its decision, which was issued last week.
The 46-year-old Samathanam welcomed the committee’s finding in a statement issued on Monday.