"Sri Lanka’s new government has begun to address some of the country’s chronic human rights problems, but much remains to be done. The pervasive culture of fear is largely gone and positive measures have been adopted, but the previous government’s disastrous restructuring of independent state institutions needs to be fully dismantled."
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Brad Adams, Asia director, Human Rights Watch (27 January 2016), "Sri Lanka: New Government Makes Significant Progress"
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