Measures taken/current situation Situation during the visit A/HRC/33/51/Ad d.2 2016: assault of man in 2016 whose wife abducted 2014 now in UK. 2016: mother witnessed white van abduction of offspring. 2016: father says son disappeared 2016: father says son disappeared 2016: white van abduction of son 2016 white van abduction of offspring. 2017: daughter engaged to ex LTTE man in UK - disappeared. 2017: disappearance of son 2017: complaint son disappeared, house searched, threatened. Accounts gathered in 2019 show continued harassment by the security forces of families in Sri Lanka. Accounts of families in Sri Lanka being visited by “CID” are common and officers reportedly ask about the location of victims abroad. In one case a man abroad said his father in Sri Lanka had been assaulted in October 2018, and hospitalised as a result, by men asking about his whereabouts abroad. After the 27 Nov (2018) event commemorating the Tamil dead “war heroes”, Sri Lankan intelligence went to one of our staff members’ village and questioned those who'd participated saying, "do you know who is in power now?" (at that point it was Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister as a result of the coup). Threats to Witnesses or Plaintiffs Furthermore, testimony read into evidence at the 2019 court case of Priyanka Fernando at the Sri Lankan High Commission in London showed all the witnesses had been repeatedly threatened and their families in Sri Lanka within hours of filing a case in London. The job description of Brigadier Fernando (defence attache) became public as a result of the proceedings and it emerged that he was expected to monitor anti Sri Lankan government activities and protests in the UK. This corroborates that surveillance and harassment is widespread and systematic abroad and runs counter to the narrative of reconciliation. In 2019 the ITJP assisted in the filing of a civil claim for damages for torture in the US against Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The plaintiff was the subject of threats - see the two cease and desist documents at http://www.itjpsl.com/reports/gotabaya-rajapaksa-complaint. Level of implementation and observations (to be completed by the WGEID) A/HRC/42/40/Add.1 12 Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.2