Voice of America: UN Rights Chief: Sri Lanka Drifting Toward Authoritarian Rule

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UN Rights Chief: Sri Lanka Drifting Toward Authoritarian Rule Sep 25th 2013, 22:31, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) Four years after it crushed a long separatist rebellion, Sri Lanka may be sliding into an authoritarian system as President Mahinda Rajapaksa gathers power around him, the U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday. The report by Navi Pillay, said the largely Buddhist South Asian state also was seeing a surge of violence against religious minorities - Christians, Muslims and Hindus - while the Colombo government stood by. Pillay said she had found great disquiet "about the degree to which ... Media files: 1AFB395B-57BE-43B1-9976-A4D2FB1EABA4_cx0_cy12_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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