Human Rights Watch: Sri Lanka - Increasing Suppression of Dissent
August 08, 2020
August 08, 2020
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
The Sri Lankan government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is waging a campaign of fear and intimidation against human rights activists, journalists, lawyers, and others challenging government policy, Human Rights Watch said today. The crackdown on dissent under the Rajapaksa administration has intensified in recent months, facilitated by the government's highly militarized response to the Covid-19 pandemic, an . . .
The Sri Lankan government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is waging a campaign of fear and intimidation against human rights activists, journalists, lawyers, and others challenging government policy, Human Rights Watch said today. The crackdown on dissent under the Rajapaksa administration has intensified in recent months, facilitated by the government's highly militarized response to the Covid-19 pandemic, an . . .