Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Sri Lanka: Grave Abuses Under Discredited Law

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par 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…

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