Human Rights Watch: Sri Lanka - Security Agencies Shutting Down Civic Space
March 04, 2020
March 04, 2020
NEW YORK, March 4 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
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- Rights Activists, Journalists Facing Surveillance, Threats
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Sri Lankan security agencies are stepping up surveillance, harassment, and threats against human rights activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said. Since November 2019, when the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa came into office, there has been a rapid closing of civic space and fre . . .
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- Rights Activists, Journalists Facing Surveillance, Threats
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Sri Lankan security agencies are stepping up surveillance, harassment, and threats against human rights activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said. Since November 2019, when the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa came into office, there has been a rapid closing of civic space and fre . . .