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Sri Lanka: The ACF Case 4 Years On: Sri Lankan Families Still Waiting for Justice

AI Index: ASA 37/012/2010 19 August 2010Sri Lanka: The ACF Case 4 Years On: Sri Lankan Families Still Waiting for…

March 27, 2011

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Sri Lanka: Amnesty International Urges Sri Lanka to End Post-Election Clampdown on Dissent

Amnesty International today called on the Sri Lankan government to end its crackdown on journalists, political activists and...

March 27, 2011

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UN must investigate Sri Lanka rights violations

A failure to act has left victims with no access to justice, truth or reparations while hundreds of thousands of…

March 27, 2011

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Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka’s New Parliament Must Drop Emergency Laws, Says Amnesty International

Sri Lanka's first post-war parliament must get rid of draconian emergency laws that have allowed for decades of widespread...

March 27, 2011

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Sri Lanka urged to end witch hunt against the media and NGOs

The Sri Lankan government should end its harassment of journalists and activists and take steps against those making...

March 27, 2011

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Sri Lanka: Amnesty International Urges Sri Lanka to End Post-Election Clampdown on Dissent

Amnesty International today called on the Sri Lankan government to end its crackdown on journalists, political activists and...

March 27, 2011

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Annual Report: Sri Lanka 2010

Head of state and government Mahinda Rajapaksa Death penalty abolitionist in practice Population 20.2 million Life expectancy 74 years Under-5…

March 19, 2011

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Annual Report: Sri Lanka 2005

Head of state: Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga Head of government: Mahinda Rajapakse (replaced Ranil Wickremasinghe in April) Death penalty: abolitionist in…

March 19, 2011