Sri Lanka, April 1 -- The notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act are probably the most misused laws in Sri Lanka by the law enforcement authorities, in most cases pacifying the politicians in power.
The PTA has been misused against hundreds of Tamil youth, accusing them of involving in separatist activities. Some Tamil youth arrested under this law have been in prisons not for years but decades. Namal Rajapaksa, in 2021 when he was a minister told parliament that some of the Tamil detainees who had been arrested under the PTA have been in remand prisons for longer than his age (35 years then), with no charges having been filed against them.
What a crime! Yet, ...