U.N. watchdog calls on Sri Lanka to investigate torture

A UN human rights watchdog has called on Sri Lanka to look into allegations that security forces there have raped and tortured prisoners.

The UN Committee Against Torture detailed deaths in custody, abductions, bad prison conditions and forced confessions in court - with no response as yet from the Sri Lankan authorities.

Here's our correspondent at UN headquarters in New York, Lorna Shaddick.

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