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Government Misusing Emergency Regulations (New York, August 8, 2008) – The Sri Lankan government should release a prominent journalist and two others connected to a website critical of the government, Human Rights Watch said today. The three have been held without charge since March under emergency regulations. The three have spent more than 150 days in custody, yet no charges have been filed and no evidence of any crime has been produced. If the authorities have no credible basis to charge Tissainayagam and the two others, they should be immediately released. Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. Press Release, July 3, 2008 Sri Lanka: End Internment of Displaced Persons Press Release, July 2, 2008 Recurring Nightmare: State Responsibility for “Disappearances” and Abductions in Sri Lanka Report, March 6, 2008 On... [read full story]
