UK, US pressure Lanka to repeal PTA

The UK and the US yesterday (1) asked Sri Lanka to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

The UK and the US representatives made this request at the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group, when Sri Lanka’s human rights record was examined.

Sri Lanka is one of the countries reviewed by the UPR Working Group, during its 42nd session in Geneva.

Sri Lanka’s first, second and third UPR reviews took place in May 2008, October 2012 and November 2017, respectively.