The United Nations Human Rights Office on Thursday said basic freedoms in Sri Lanka were under threat, as the country gears up to elect a new president in September. “This trend is particularly concerning as the country is in an important pre-election period,” UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said in a statement.
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