Sri Lanka: Human Rights Gains in Grave Peril
New Administration Poses Threat to Activists, Media, Victims Seeking Justice
![Gotabaya Rajapaksa (second from right) at his presidential swearing-in ceremony in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, November 18, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/202001wr_sri_lanka_human_rights.jpg?itok=d5_Cwv90)
New Administration Poses Threat to Activists, Media, Victims Seeking Justice
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