Critics question Sri Lanka's ban on Tamil exile groups

Analysis: Ban could muzzle rights groups and derail abuse investigations

A Sri Lankan soldier stands in front of a war monument in Kilinochchi, the former stronghold of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (photo by Will Baxter)

Rights monitors are questioning the motives behind Sri Lanka's decision to ban 16 Tamil diaspora organizations, which the government has accused of links to "terrorism" and the alleged revival of a separatist movement.

On Sri Lanka's Tamil Exile Groups ban the Critics Question by nelvely