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Sri Lanka: End Use of Terrorism Law Against Protesters

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Protesters in Colombo call for the release of student activists detained under Sri Lanka’s counterterrorism legislation, August 30, 2022. © 2022 Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via AP (New York) – Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe should immediately end the use of draconian counterterrorism laws to target peaceful protesters and release those in custody, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities detained three student activists who participated in an August 18, 2022 demonstration under the abusive Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), which allows up to a year’s…

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