News: abductions

02/18/2010 | Amnesty International
Human rights defender Pattani Razeek has been missing since he was apparently abducted on 11 February in the town of Polonnaruwa, in Sri Lanka's North Central Province. He may be the victim of an enforced disappearance, and could be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. It is not clear what the authorities are doing to investigate his case.
01/25/2010 | Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Web site reporter critical of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has disappeared and may have been abducted, his editor said Monday.