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Child Rape on the Rise in Sri Lanka

July 23, 2012

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By Feizal Samath Reprint COLOMBO, Jul 23 2012 (IPS) – A spate of child rape cases in Sri Lanka has angered child rights activists and moved the government to consider tightening the relevant laws and making the offence punishable with the death sentence. A government statement released in parliament in May said that of the […]

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