A new government took office in late 2024, promising transformational change. However, the new administration continued to use the draconian anti-terror law and failed to reform other laws, negatively affecting freedom of expression and rights for Muslims, women and girls, and LGBTI people. Minorities, especially the war-affected Tamil community, continued to be harassed for demanding justice for wartime atrocities, which were yet to be addressed through credible domestic mechanisms. Cyclone Ditwah claimed lives and destroyed homes.
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