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Sri Lanka mulls changes to controversial anti-terror law as EU, UN step up pressure

Sri Lanka mulls changes to controversial anti-terror law as EU, UN step up pressure

  • Sri Lanka has been marred by a protracted 37-year-long civil war that ended in 2009 with the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tigers
  • Modifications to the PTA on March 9 allow for two years of detention without trial for anyone “who surrenders or is taken into custody on suspicion” of causing or intending to cause “religious, racial or communal disharmony”
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Sri Lanka in ‘no rush’ to implement burqa ban

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Outcry in Sri Lanka over cremation of Muslim coronavirus victims

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Tough fight predicted for four in Sri Lanka election

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Sri Lanka Muslims celebrate Eid under cloud of fear

Sri Lanka Muslims celebrate Eid under cloud of fear

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