Sri
Lankan govt steps up crackdown against journalists, activists -
report
The
Sri Lankan government is strengthening a crackdown against its
critics by sanctioning abuses often committed by security forces or
their proxies, Amnesty International said Tuesday.
Journalists, human
rights activists, and opposition politicians have been targeted in a
pattern of threats, harassment, imprisonment, and violent attacks,
the report said.
"There
is a real climate of fear in Sri Lanka, with those brave enough to
speak out against the government often having to suffer badly for
it,"
Asia-Pacific director of Amnesty International, Polly Truscott, said
in the report.
The Sri Lankan government did not comment on the
report, but has previously denied similar accusations.
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