[AFP]

Sri Lanka on Wednesday used draconian anti-terror laws to detain thousands of Tamil rebel suspects who would have had to be freed when a state of emergency ended after 28 years, an official said.

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Tags: alleged atrocities, anti-terror laws, emergency laws, investigation, Mahinda Rajapakse, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), state of emergency, United Nations Human Rights Council

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