News: arrests

08/26/2011 | Asian Human Rights Commission
SRI LANKA: Innocent villagers illegally arrested, tortured and charged with fabricated charges
03/31/2011 | BBC
Three Sri Lankan soldiers sentenced to death for the abduction and murder of a Tamil woman in 1996 appeal against their sentences.
03/15/2011 | TamilNet
Colombo Chief Magistrate, Rashmi Singapuli, Tuesday ordered remand for 48 Tamils, all residents of Jaffna, till March 27, legal sources in Colombo said. Terrorist Intelligence Division (TID) of Sri Lanka Police last week arrested fifty two persons, including four children less than 10 years of age, while they were staying in lodges in Colombo and Negombo.
02/28/2011 | Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Tamil Nadu leaders arrested while trying to stage protest against Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
02/25/2011 | People's Daily
A total of 86 people have been arrested in Sri Lanka for political violence in the run-up to the March 17 local elections, police said Friday.
02/03/2010 | BBC
Thirty-seven people are being held in Sri Lanka in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President Mahinda Rajapaksa, state-owned media say.
01/23/2010 | National Post
Satha Sarachandran was an unlikely international arms dealer. Quiet and studious, he was a software engineer who volunteered at a Toronto youth group. He had no criminal record.