Family urges Sri Lanka to release Damilvany Gnanakumar, who treated victims of conflict, from detention camp

A British woman who was working at a hospital helping victims of Sri Lanka's civil war has been interned in one of the island's detention camps, prompting her family to plead for urgent diplomatic help to secure her immediate release.

Speaking to the Guardian, relatives of Damilvany Gnanakumar known as Vany said that she was detained a fortnight ago as the Sri Lankan arm