Rape reporting reflects illiberal responses

March 10, 2025 – March 16, 2025 | Vol.15, #11 Event: Over the past week, the Sinhala media focused on the reported rape of a medical doctor in Anuradhapura and the warrant issued to arrest Deshabandu Tennakoon. On the reported rape of a medical doctor in Anuradhapura:  On March 10, a female doctor attached to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital was reportedly raped in her hospital quarters.[1][2] On March 11, the doctors attached to the Anuradhapura Hospital and the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA)…