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Hundreds of people languish in arbitrary, illegal and often incommunicado detention in Sri Lanka, vulnerable to torture and extrajudicial execution, despite the end of the country’s long conflict, Amnesty International said in a new report. "Locked away: Sri Lanka’s security detainees" reveals that arbitrary and illegal detention and enforced disappearances remain routine in Sri Lanka, where human rights abuses of all types go uninvestigated and unpunished.
Counter-terrorism legislation allows authorities to arrest people without evidence and to hold them without charge or trial for extended periods. For years, the Sri Lankan government justified this legislation as necessary for combating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (...)

The article:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/new-report-exposes-ongoing-illegal-detention-sri-lanka-2012-03-13

The Report:
http://files.amnesty.org/archives/asa370032012eng.pdf

More about:

http://www.eurasiareview.com/17032012-sri-lanka-thousands-march-on-embassies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29

http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/22/un-rights-council-sri-lanka-vote-strong-message-justice

Gli ultimi sviluppi:

http://www.istituto-geopolitica.eu/2153/lo-sri-lanka-tra-vecchie-ferite-e-nuovi-interessi

Passato...prossimo:
https://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3342:sri-lanka-i-tamilabbandonati&catid=46:diritti-umani&Itemid=105