Sri Lanka: Grave Abuses Under Discredited Law

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Security personnel gesture to stop motorists at a checkpoint in Divulapitiya on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo on October 4, 2020. © 2020 Ishara S. Kodikara /AFP via Getty Images (Brussels) – The Sri Lankan government is using the discredited Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to commit prolonged arbitrary detention and torture, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The European Union, other trading partners, and donors, should press for time-bound action to repeal the abusive law and reject the government’s proposed amendments, which…

Read complete article

~	Trump declares victory in Greenland, but the deal exposes a deeper crisis of trust

~	From the streets to the ballot box: What Hungary can teach Serbia

~	Teenage girls may know how to prevent pregnancy – that doesn’t mean they have the power to do it

~	Demolishing Lagos informal settlements also destroys the city’s best defences against climate change

~	How journalism inspired a youth-led initiative against online harm in Armenia

~	‘A place of silence, contemplation, and beauty can also become a form of resistance,’ in conversation with Catalan artist Jaume Amigó

~	The long fascinating history of food additives – and why we’re stuck with them

~	Members of right-leaning parties prefer leaders with ‘dark triad’ personality traits

~	When disaster crosses borders, Indonesia’s credibility is tested twice

~	Philippines: Authorities must ensure right to protest as fresh anti-corruption demonstrations planned