Sri Lanka: Covid-19 Forced Cremation of Muslims Discriminatory

Click to expand Image Sri Lankan municipal cemetery workers carry the coffin of a Covid-19 virus victim for cremation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 21, 2020. © 2020 Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via AP (New York) - Sri Lanka's requirement to cremate anyone who dies from Covid-19 goes against public health guidance and discriminates against the Muslim community, Human Rights Watch said today. The government's spurious argument that burial in accordance with Islamic tradition poses a public health...