Amnesty International India has labelled the ban on the documentary ‘No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka’ from theatrical release in India “an attack on freedom of speech” in a series of tweets yesterday.
The human rights organisation went on to slam the decision as one that as one that “hurts Indian democracy” and said,
“Is India trying to stifle the movement for justice in Sri Lanka by banning it?”
See the tweets below.
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