Human rights in Sri Lanka
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Human rights in Sri Lanka provides for fundamental rights in the country. The Sri Lanka Constitution states that every person is entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including the freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice. And, that every person is equal before the law.[1]
Several human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as well as the British government,[2] the United States Department of State[3] and the European Union,[4] have expressed concern about the state of human rights in Sri Lanka. The government of Sri Lanka and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as well as various other paramilitaries and marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) rebels are accused of violating human rights.[5] Although Sri Lanka has not officially practiced the death penalty since 1976,[6] there are well-documented cases of state-sponsored 'disappearances' and murders.[7][8]