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Scots police renew training contract with Sri Lankan force accused of abductions and torturing suspects
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Sri Lankan families plead for the lives of relatives amid riots in Mahara Prison, Colombo, in November 2020. Eight inmates were killed and 40 injured when prison and police officials opened fire at rioters
Police Scotland has renewed a contract to train forces in Sri Lanka despite escalating international concern over its authorities’ use of violence and torture against civilians.
The national force will provide training in Sri Lanka at the same time as officers from the Metropolitan Police investigate the use of private mercenaries in the country riven by violence and human rights abuses against minorities. ....

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