Janasansadaya

[Ed. Note: The depiction of torture below is based on the accounts of torture victims at the office of the assistant superintendent of police (ASP) in Panadura, Sri Lanka. The drawings were produced by Janasansadaya, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Sri Lanka, while the title was added by the editor. In regards to the issue of torture, please note that June 26 is the U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture that can be used every year as a special day to remember those who have been tortured and to call for the torturers to be tried for their crimes .]

At 2:00 a.m., suspects are taken out of their cells, compelled to run in a circle and beaten with rubber hoses and clubs.	Suspects are stripped and tied to a bed with their hands manacled and then periodically beaten.
Suspects are forced to lie on the beach with bleeding wounds and their hands tied behind them as the waves continuously wash over them. Crabs and other creatures from the sea that suck the blood from their wounds or eat their flesh are driven onto their bodies.	With their hands tied behind them, suspects are hung by their thumbs and beaten.
After being forced to lie down in a contorted position, the soles of the detainee's feet are beaten.	Books are placed on the head of the suspect and then beaten with a club
The genitals of incarcerated men are crushed in a drawer.
Suspects are first stripped and then beaten.	.In addition to the previous methods of beating people, suspects are also beaten while they are naked and dangling from the ceiling or after a bag full of chillie powder has been put over their head. As well as the abuse directed at suspects, female relatives of the detainees often times face sexual harassment.