Police Scotland in Sri Lankan state torture controversy

TheFerret (TheFerret) 2016-05-24 06:13:55 UTC #1

Police Scotland is seeking to extend a controversial training project with Sri Lankan police despite new evidence of the force’s involvement in torture, The Ferret can reveal. Police Scotland had a contract that expired at the end of March this year to train Sri Lankan police officers and develop “ethical leadership” at its National Police…

allytibbitt (Alastair Tibbitt) 2016-05-25 09:31:10 UTC #2

Scotland’s Chief Constable was questioned at Westminster yesterday after our report by The Ferret revealing that Police Scotland is seeking to extend a controversial training project in Sri Lanka, despite new evidence that the South Asian force has been involved in torture.

You can watch the video clip here: http://droppings.theferret.scot/post/144900043269/scotlands-chief-constable-was-questioned-at

scotsjournalist (scotsjournalist) 2016-05-25 10:08:28 UTC #3

Sri Lankan media has picked up on The Ferret’s exclusive yesterday with both the Colombo Gazette and Tamil Guardian highlighting our story. See links below.

http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=19988