Posts Tagged ‘emergency laws’
Sri Lanka detains suspects despite end to emergency
[AFP] Sri Lanka on Wednesday used draconian anti-terror laws to detain thousands of Tamil rebel suspects who would have had to be freed when a state of emergency ended after 28 years, an official said. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lankan President Rajapaksa ‘scraps’ emergency laws
[BBC] President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka has announced the imminent lifting of the country’s state of emergency. [Full Story]
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