Sri Lanka, Aug. 13 -- The United States says there were no reports of enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka by or on behalf of government authorities in 2024.

The US State Department said the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) also reported it had not received any new complaints of missing persons or enforced disappearances in the past year.

This was highlighted in the 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices issued by the US State Department.

Meanwhile, the US State Department stated Sri Lankan authorities continue to cite the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) act, and the penal code to arrest and punish critics of the government and deter criticism of government poli...