Sri Lanka: Authorities Target Religious Minorities

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A Hindu worshipper celebrating the festival of Shivaratri in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, on March 8, 2024. © 2024 Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via AP Photo (New York) – Sri Lankan authorities are conducting a campaign to deny Hindus and other religious minorities access to places of worship and other property and redesignate locations as Buddhist sites, Human Rights Watch said today. Government agencies, including the Department of Archaeology, the military, and police, have taken part in a concerted strategy assailing the culture and practices…

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