US state department issues 2020 country report on Sri Lanka

The 2020 country report on Sri Lanka states that there had been significant human rights issues in the country which included unlawful killing by the government, torture and cases of cruel inhuman or degrading punishment by government agents. It also states that there had been arbitrary arrest and detention by government entities; arbitrary and unlawful interference with privacy; restrictions on free expression and the press, including unjustified arrests of journalists and authors; widespread corruption; overly restrictive nongovernmental organization laws; interference with the freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association; serious acts of corruption; lack of investigation of violence against women; trafficking in persons; crimes involving violence targeting members of ethnic minority groups; crimes involving violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex persons; and existence or use of laws criminalizing same-sex sexual conduct. The full report can be viewed via  https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/sri-lanka/