Sri Lanka's government looks the other way as Muslims face increasing discrimination
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested hundreds of Muslims on flimsy charges since the deadly Easter Sunday bombings in April killed more than 200 people, a human rights group says.
was a security lapse as it was no longer a top priority for the law enforcement officials in the tiny island-state of 22 million people after the war between the majority Sinhalese and Tamil separatists ended in 2009. In many cases police just stood by as mobs vandalised Muslim-owned properties in different parts of Sri Lanka.
Gnanasara Thero, a Sinhalese Buddhist extremist, who has regularly made anti-Muslim speeches, was released on a presidential pardon in May without even completing a year of a 6-year long term, HRW says.
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