GENEVA – UN human rights experts* have called for an immediate moratorium on the use of Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), and urged the Government to substantively review and revise the legislation to comply with international human rights law. “There is a grave risk to the rights and liberties of people who may be detained arbitrarily, especially religious and ethnic minorities, and the use of the law may curtail political dissent with no effective due process guarantees,” the experts said. “An immediate moratorium on the use of the…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 02 March 2022. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
