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121 27 19 137 15 18 16 20 48. Vijaya College, 109. Sethsiripaya Building, 172. Police station, 1971 49. Mattawa army camp, Warakawala 110. Lakehouse(newspapers) Basement, District 50. Naula Army Camp Almost all police stations in the south 51. Army Camp, Ovilikanda 111. Torrington Avenue, Colombo 7 were used for torture in this period; they 1980s: 52. Kataranthenna Bungalow Army Camp, 112. Colombo Municipal Council are too numerous to depict on the map. Raththota Slaughterhouse, Colombo 8 Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Torture also occurred at two university 53. Army Camp, 113. Public Cemetery, Colombo 8 the Involuntary Removal or Disappearance of premises used for “rehabilitation”. 54. Army Camp, Udupihilla 114. Royal Colombo Golf Club, Model Persons (1995-2000), Amnesty International, Detainees were frequently taken from police 55. Army Camp, Hettipola Farm road, , Colombo 8 JDS reports & testimony, Dharman cells to CID offices in Longdon Place and 56. Technical Training College in Wickremeratne book. Wijerama in Colombo 7 where torture was Nagolla Road, Matale District routine during interrogation. 57. Army Camp near Christ 2009+: Church College Army Camp, Matale 115. Mahaweli Authority staff quarters 58. Government Farm, Pelwehera opposite National School, ITJP testimony. Rehabilitation Sites 1987-9 59. Bandarapola Camp, Bandarapola Embilipitiya listed inICJ report (2010) and Bureau of 60. Kaikawala Army Camp Commissioner General of Rehabilitation. A large number of police stations mainly 61. Raththota Army Camp District were used for torture during this period; 62. Kimbissa Army Camp they are too numerous to depict on the map. TAMIL PARAMILITARIES 116. Soranathota Estate, Soranathota Below are some of the army torture sites. District 117. Gikiyanakanda Estate, Kalutara 173. Cells behind a Hotel (name redacted) 118. Rest House, Mahagama in , 63. YMCA building, 119. Agriculture centre, Bombuwala 174. STF & Tamil paramilitary site in “REHABILITATION” CAMP 64. Ambagasdoowa Camp, Welimada 120. Hotel Meriviya, Kalutara Kaluwanchikudy, District 65. Urban Council building, 175. Iniyabharathi’s basement under 1. Royal college open camp 66. Race Course Grounds, Badulla District his office in Thambiluvil, Batticaloa (Army and RDF) 176. Kiran detention site, SINHALA PARAMILITARIES 67. Army camp, Bandarawela 121. Hilltop Hotel, Kaluwella 68. Army camp, Haputhale 2. Batalanda housing scheme, 69. Beragala Summer Fashion Biyagama, Sapugaskanda Police and ARMY CAMPS garment factory, Haputhale paramilitary (PRRA). 2006 — 2019 70. Pinarawa Army camp Peninsula 71. Hali Ela Motors building, Badulla “REHABILITATION” CAMPS ARMY SITES 72. Senanayaka grounds STF camp 177. Achchuveli Army Camp, Jaffna NORTH 178. Allarai Camp in Kodikamam, Jaffna Nuwaraeliya District 179. Army Camp, Jaffna 122. Dharamapuram Welfare Centre 180. Jaffna Town Army Camp 3. Law faculty, Colombo University – Army 73. Paddy Marketing Board Store, 123. Gamini Maha Vidyalayam 181. Keerimalai Army Camp close to Intelligence and PRRA paramilitary 74. Walapane Tea factory 124. Kovilkulam Maha Vidyalayam Kankesanturai, Jaffna 4. Henry Pedris Stadium (Joint Operations (now provincial council), Walapane 125. Maradamadu 182. Thelipalay Army Camp, Jaffna Combined), , Colombo 5 75. Cinestar Cinema theatre, Nuwaraeliya 126. Nellukkulam Technical College 183. Palaly Army camp, Jaffna 5. Yataro Cafeteria, Thimbirigasyaya, 76. Town Hall, Nuwaraeliya 127. Omanthai School – TID detention site 184. Uduvil Army Camp Colombo 5 77. Tea Factory, , then Rehabilitation Camp 185. Urelu Army Camp Jaffna 6. Isurupaya Building housing government 128. Pampaimadu (army camp & 186. Urumpirai Army Camp Jaffna offices, Battaramulla, Colombo District rehabilitation camp) 187. Kaithady Junction Army Camp, Jaffna 7. Salawa Plywood Corporation premises 129. Poonthottam Cooperative Training Army Camp, Kosgama, Colombo District 78. Yakkala Maha Vidyalaya, Yakkala School/College of Education Vanni 8. Oruwala Steel Corporation Training 79. Commando camp, Ganemulla 130. Pothanichchur Muslim Maha Vidyalayam Centre, Army Camp, Colombo District 80. Hunumulla Sinha Regiment Camp, 131. Rambaikulam Holy Family Convent 188. Kilinochchi Army Camp 9. Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Divulapitiya 132. Tamil Maha Vidyayalam 189. Kangapuram Army Camp, Kilinochchi 10. Mattegoda Army camp, Colombo District 81. Dompe Army safehouse 133. Vellikulam Muslim Girls College 190. Iranapalai Army Camp, Kilinochchi

191. Camp near Paranthan Junction, POLICE SITES EAST Kilinochchi 192. Iyakkachchi Army Camp, Elephant Pass, 11. Sevana Army Camp, Embilipitiya 82. Crime Detective Bureau, 134. Kandakadu in Pollonnaruwa Kilinochchi 12. Municipal Council Building, Ratnapura Gregory’s Road, Colombo 7 135. Welikanda/Senapura Camp 193. Iranamadu Army Camp, Kilinochchi 13. Kuttigala Army Camp, Embilipitiya Crime Detective Bureau 194. Keppapulavu Army Camp, Mullaitivu 14. Kuruwita Army Camp, Kuruwita 83. Police office building, Panadura, IDP camp 195. Mullaitivu Army Camp 196. Sampath Nuwara IDP / Army Camp, Kalutara District 136. Manik Farm Internment Camps, Mullaitivu near . 15. Johnnydale Army Camp, Thelijjawila War end at Surrender: 16. Eliyakanda Army Camp OTHER POLICE 84. STF Headquarters (Presently POLICE 17. Mulatiyana Army camp ODEL showroom), Colombo District 197. Udayaarkaddu Mahavidyalayam Camp, Vanni 18. Army Camp 85. Police office building, , 198. Vallipunam School, Vanni 19. Hettiyawala Army Camp TID Colombo District 137. Boosa Camp, Galle 199. Kilinochchi Hospital 20. Talalla Vocational Training Centre 86. Ampitiya Police Barracks, 138. TID camp in VAVUNIYA, known as District Thekkawatta. District 87. Divulapitiya Police Station, Gampaha District 200. Veppankulam Army Camp 21. Community Centre, Angunakolapelessa CID 88. Badulla Haliela Motors garage, 139. 4th floor, Colombo Fort, Colombo 1 201. Army Camp near Omanthai School 22. Middeniya Army Camp (also used by army) 140. CID in Harbour, Colombo Fort 202. Joseph Camp, VAVUNIYA Town 141. Borella CID building, Colombo 8 203. Kanagarayankulam Army Camp, VAVUNIYA Kalutara District COUNTER SUBVERSIVE UNIT 142. CID Intelligence Unit at 89. Police Bachelors Quarters, police station, Colombo 13 District 23. Agricultural Centre Gampaha District 143. CID office, Colombo District 24. Army Detention Camp, Pelawatta, 144. CID in Chavakachcheri, 204. Thanthirimale Army Camp, Anuradhapura Kalutara District; This was an open 145. CID in Vallipunam, Vanni District prison camp opened in1985 and taken TAMIL PARAMILITARIES 146. CID in VAVUNIYA, Vanni District Colombo District over to detain PTA suspects in 1987 90. PLOTE camp near Sivan Kovil, 147. CID office in Kilinochchi, Vanni and was used for torture from 1989. Kovilkulam, VAVUNIYA 148. CID office opposite Iranamadu army camp, 205. Panagoda Army Camp, Colombo District 91. Rambaikulam PLOTE camp, VAVUNIYA 149. CID in Mullaitivu army camp, 206. Colombo Army Camp 92. EPDP camp in Sridhar cinema theatre, Vanni District Stanley Road, Jaffna 150. CID office in District 25. Hettipola Army Camp 93. EPDP office in Park Road, Colombo 5. 151. CID in Town, 26. Wehera Army Camp 94. Malar bakery, Vavuniya 152. CID in Mulliyawalai – abducted 207. Plantain Point, Trincomalee from here to another unknown place, 208. Orr’s Hill Army Camp, Trincomalee UNIDENTIFIED PERPETRATOR UNITS Vanni District 209. Minneriya Army Camp, 27. Kotigala Army Camp SIS secret detention sites Polonnaruwa District 153. Jungle place near VAVUNIYA 210. Welikanda main Army Camp, Polonnaruwa 95. Adjoining police station 154. Sri Mahavihara, Temple Street 211. Facility in jungle circa in Colombo 30 minutes’ drive from Welikanda 28. Pandulagama Army Camp Moneragala District 155. somewhere close to the (Executions) 29. Yakalla Army Camp railroad, Gampaha District 30. Kekirawa Army Camp 96. Moneragala Community Center Batticaloa District 31. Saliyapura Army Camp 97. Muthukandiya Project Office near CCD 4th mile post, Muthukandiya 156. Kollonnawa, Colombo District 212. Batticaloa military facility Polonnaruwa District 157. Dematagoda, Colombo District (“toothpowder camp”), Lake Road. Nuwaraeliya District 32. Minneriya Weaving Mill Ampara District 33. Sewagama Army Camp STF 98. Walapane Paddy Marketing Board Store 158. Gonahena, Gampaha District 34. Polonnaruwa Mahasen Building 99. Nuwaraeliya, St Rita’s Camp 159. Chettikulam STF camp, Vavuniya 213. Ampara – a military facility it does 35. Medirigiriya, Palliyagodella Army Camp 100. Nuwaraeliya Town Hall not appear to have been either the 36. Medirigiriya, Meegaswewa, Army Camp main military base / training school, 37. Medirigiriya Maha Vidyalaya Police Stations Gampaha District but a smaller facility 38. Army Camp 160. police station, 101. University of Gym Colombo District Navy Kandy 102. Mirigama Youth Centre 161. Colombo Harbour police station, 103. Kelaniya, Pattiya Junction, Colombo District 214. Trincomalee Naval Dockyard 39. St. Sylvester’s College Billiards Hall 162. Hettiyawatte Police station 215. Trincomalee Naval Gunsite 40. National Institute of Co-operative Colombo District 216. Navy Site, Chaitya Road, Colombo. Development, Polgolla District 163. Kotahena police station 217. SLNS Gemunu, Welisara, Gampaha 41. Hilda Hostel, Colombo District 218. Poonewa Camp (between Medawachchiya University premises 104. Wickremesinghe Bungalow 164. Mt. Lavinia police station, and VAVUNIYA) 42. Army Training Centre, Randenigala Colombo District 219. Navy camp in Trincomalee behind the 43. Uduwa Army Camp, Galagedara 165. police station, Koneshwar temple, Fort Frederick 44. Across the Mahaweli river opposite Colombo District Army Camp, Pallekele 105. Sunatha Camp 166. Pettah police station, Colombo District Multiple unidentified sites - a navy camp in 45. Aladeniya Army Camp 106. Koombiyangoda Buddhist Temple 167. police station, Jaffna Peninsula, a CID office Colombo, an army 46. Sinha Regiment camp, Yatinuwara Street 107. Technical Training College in Gampaha District camp, VAVUNIYA, unidentified CID and TID sites Nagolla Road, Matale 168. Jaffna Police station Jaffna District in VAVUNIYA and Colombo, unknown army sites in Matale District 169. Nelliady police station Jaffna District Jaffna, another detention site in Trincomalee. Colombo District 170. Padawiya police station, 47. Matale Rest House (Gajaba Regiment Sources 1980s: Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Anuradhapura District the Involuntary Removal or Disappearance of Persons (1995- Coordinating office) 2000), Amnesty International, JDS reports & testimony, Dharman 108. Race Course (Opposite Royal College), 171. Pulmoddai police station Wickremeratne book.2009+: ITJP testimony. Rehabilitation Sites listed inICJ report (2010) and Bureau of Commissioner Colombo 7 General of Rehabilitation.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: YASMIN SOOKA Joint Press Release: Torture Map

Johannesburg: To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, two organisations have produced the first torture map of Sri Lanka. It plots 219 sites throughout the island allegedly used for torture of Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims by the army, police, navy and paramilitaries over the last three decades.

The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) and Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS) warn that their map does not depict the full extent of torture that has occurred in the island. Police stations used for torture during the first and second uprisings of the JVP (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or People's Liberation Front) were not included because there were simply too many. While the sites named from 2006-19 derive from the ITJP’s evidence gathering project and are also by no means exhaustive.

Astonishingly among the buildings used for torture in the late eighties were the Law Faculty of Colombo University and the basement of the state run Lakeshouse newspaper building. Over the decades, a large number of Sri Lankan schools, colleges and training institutes have been used for torture, as well as factories, farms, cinemas, stadiums and even a golf course.

“Many of these sites that were used by the armed forces for the most barbaric torture and killings of Sinhalese youth in 1987-9 have been erased from memory,” said Bashana Abeywardane of JDS. “The collective moral conscience of a society is not simply shaped by the way people live, but also by the way people die and how they are remembered. When the living don’t remember the dead, society is in dangerous denial and there’s the risk of recurrence.”

In 1989, Colonel was the military coordinating officer in charge of Matale District along with his Gajaba regiment lieutenants, Shavendra Silva (now Commander of the Army), Jagath Dias (former Chief of Army Staff) and Sumedha Perera (former deputy Chief of Army Staff and recently appointed a ministry secretary). A government commission of inquiry investigated tens of thousands of disappearances during the JVP period and compiled a list of alleged perpetrators, among which was the name “Rajapaksa G, OIC Matale Army Camp”. The list was never published.

The same army officers were allegedly later complicit in grave violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in 2009 - Shavendra Silva and Jagath Dias - were key figures in the prosecution of the 2009 war ostensibly under the direct command and authority of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, bypassing existing military command structures. They worked alongside Kamal Gunaratne who was also involved in crushing the JVP in 1989 in Badulla District adjoining Matale.

“Military officers who were involved in crushing the second JVP uprising, went on to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity against Tamils with total impunity,” said the Executive Director of the ITJP, Yasmin Sooka. “You can draw a direct line from 1989 to 2009 in terms of the violations and many of the characters involved,” she added. “There is no doubt that torture in Sri Lanks is State sponsored and is an important instrument of State policy in which the full authority and structures of the State are drawn in and fully utilized to implement the policy at all levels by the security forces” said Ms. Sooka. “To prevent further violence there must be a reckoning with the past and an acknowledgement of all victims and the dismantling of a culture of impunity in Sri Lanka.”