COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Despite removing draconian wartime laws, Sri Lanka's government is using new "abusive" regulations to keep hundreds of people in jails without trial, an international human rights groups said.
In a statement Wednesday, the New York-based Human Rights Watch called on the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to abolish such detention laws and free the prisoners.
"The Sri Lankan government announced that the state of emergency is over, but it is holding on to the same draconian powers it had during the war" against the Tamil Tiger rebels, said Brad Adams, the group's Asia director.
Foreign governments critical of Sri Lanka should not be …
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