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Sri Lanka: Outrageous organized crime bill granting authorities unchecked powers must be withdrawn

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par Amnesty International

A new bill before Sri Lanka’s parliament that grants the authorities sweeping arbitrary powers to tackle ‘organized crime’ and deny suspects’ human rights should be immediately withdrawn, Amnesty International said today. The Prevention of Organised Crimes bill, tabled in Sri Lanka’s parliament on 6 October, contains provisions that would make confessions extracted under duress admissible […] The post Sri Lanka: Outrageous organized crime bill granting authorities unchecked powers must be withdrawn appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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