SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER FIRE

SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER FIRE 

The Sri Lankan government should end the targeted arrests, intimidation and threats against the lives and physical security of lawyers, activists, human rights defenders and journalists, 10 inter-national human rights organizations said today. A campaign of fear has intensified since the 2019 presidential election, and has cast a shadow over the 2020 parliamentary election campaign.