Torture of Tamil detainees in Sri Lankahas continued, says charityDespite election of reformist president Maithripala Sirisena, who vowed to lift government repression, charity says it is still receiving reports of torture Sri Lankas reformist president Maithripala Sirisena, who came to power in January 2!" #hotograph$ Lakruwan %anniarachchi&'(#&)etty *magesJulian Borger Diplomatic editor-Thursday !+ 'ugust 2!"Sri Lankan security forces have continued to torture Tamil detainees even after the election of reformist president Maithripala Sirisena in January, according to a report,The report, -y the ./0-ased charity (reedom (rom Torture 1((T2 and pu-lished on Thursday, comes 3ust four days -efore critical parliamentary elections on !4 'ugust, Sirisena, elected on a promise to lift government repression, is seeking to prevent a come-ack -y his predecessor, Mahinda 5a3apaksa, whose government has -een accused of systematic -rutality against the countrys Tamils after the military rout of the Tamil Tiger re-els in 26,The charity said that more than a third of the alleged torture victims in the report had returned to Sri Lanka from the ./, some forci-ly after their asylum applications were re3ected,The ((T report, Tainted #eace$ Torture in Sri Lanka since May 26, looks mostly at a-uses during the 5a3apaksa era, analysing !78 case of apparent torture, -ut the charity said that it has continued to receive referrals of Sri Lankan torture victims in 2!",The new leadership will need to tackle vested interests in the military, police and intelligence services who until now have resisted any proper reckoning for torture and other grave a-uses committed during the civil warand the si9 years since the con:ict ended,; the report said, 'lmost all the cases ((T reviewed involved Tamils, detained -ecause they were suspected of having personal or family ties to the Tamil Tigers,The alleged forms of torture used include -eatings, -urning, rape and other forms of se9ual violence, asphy9iation, electric shocks, mock e9ecutions, and sta--ings, Seventy per cent of the inmates in the study were held in solitary con