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Sri Lankan detainees tortured while in custody, rights group alleges
September 13 2021, 08:00
Political detainees in Sri Lanka are being tortured while in police and military custody, a human rights lawyer who wrote a report on alleged abuses said on Friday, days ahead of a United Nations human rights summit.

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