SRI LANKA CRISIS – Amnesty denounces detention of protesters under anti-terror law in Sri Lanka

Amnesty International (AI) denounced Monday the arrest of three people protesting against the authorities’ management of the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka under an anti-terrorist law.

“Using a draconian anti-terror law to crackdown on protesters is a new low for the Sri Lankan government,” AI’s South Asia Director Yamini Mishra said in a statement.

Wasantha Mudalige of the Federation of Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF), as well as student leaders Galwewa Siridhamma Thero and Hashantha Jawantha Gunathilake, were arrested last week following a protest.

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