The Matale mass grave issue was back in the limelight last week with families of several persons who had gone missing in the Matale area during the 1988-1989 period requesting courts to carry out investigations to determine whether remains of their loved ones are among the skeletal remains unearthed from the mass grave.

MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand (AP) - Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others - ethnic minorities from Myanmar and those like her who were born and raised in the Mae La refugee camp in neighboring Thailand.

Prevention of torture, and holding people to account for complicity in torture, is one crucial concern in the present human rights situation in Sri Lanka. Clinicians and their professional bodies should play a key role in this, although they may be or feel threatened if they do.