Comments on: Torture Becoming Routine For Counter-Terrorism in Lanka

By: Devinda Fernando

Devinda Fernando — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:34:14 +0000

How many Sri Lankan Soldiers have been TORTURED and KILLED by the LTTE? How many Innocent Civilians have been BUTCHERED by the LTTE? There is no sympathy for LTTE agents from where I stand. Call it torture, but I call it a Means to an End.

By: SAM

SAM — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:11:42 +0000

Will a thief simply tell the police what he stole and where he hid them?

Will a rebel or a terrorist or what ever name you call him tell the armed forces what kind of conspiracy he was associated with, when he was arrested?

Will a “traitor” confess as to what he did against a revolutionary or rebel organisation ?

Do the thieves, terrorists, simply confess in western “democracies” ?

But we hear stories of confessions, revealations and so on from various quarters. How? All know, but do not tell. Every where torture has a very good place. But all blame only their adversaries for torture.

Though it is ridiculous and hypocratic it is the only tool the mankind has discovered to minimise the torture. Nowak too is doing it.

By: P.Nathan

P.Nathan — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:23:13 +0000

Torture has been routinely employed during past several decades by the police to “interrogate” arrested persons in police custody.
It is also used to obtain “confessions”.
The army has learned from the police.