'Sri Lanka cannot once again fall into a state where it violates human rights,' said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
A Sri Lankan Muslim woman returns from a market with her son in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 29, 2019. By Emily Tamkin Emily Tamkin Reporter covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow April 29 at 12:50 PM Under an emergency law that took effect Monday, women in Sri Lanka are banned from wearing face veils.
But human rights experts and regional analysts alike are concerned that the ban may do more harm than good. After Tamil Tiger attacks, Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch, told The Washington Post, Tamil civilians faced discrimination. The United Nations has estimated that as many as 40,000 Tamil civilians were killed by the state in the last few months of the war. Sri Lanka’s anti-terrorism legislation — the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 1978 — has been denounced by critics who say it has permitted the targeting and detention of members of the Tamil minority.
“The veil ban telegraphs in a counterproductive way that Sri Lanka’s Muslim community is being singled out as a security risk. That itself could further deepen suspicions between Muslims and other religious groups on the island,” Joshua T. White, an associate professor and South Asia expert at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, wrote in an email.
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