Over 40,000 people arrested in Sri Lanka for violating curfew

<p>Sri Lanka’s Deputy Inspector General of Police has reported that 40,095 persons have been arrested for violating the state-imposed curfew since it was imposed on 20 March.</p> <p>In the last 12 hours, 222 people were arrested.</p> <p>The high level of arrests and militarised response of the Sri Lankan state has raised concerns from human rights organisations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read more from <a href="http://www.colombopage.com/archive_20A/Apr27_1588010405CH.php">Colombo Page.</a></p>

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