Information About Incident 63379-127722-323937 in Mannar Sri Lanka

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The US Embassy officials in Sri Lanka have expressed US government's concerns about religious freedom, particularly attacks on churches, to the Sri Lankan government leaders and urged them to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Sri Lanka US
• Matched District: Mannar
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: them
• Subject: the perpetrators

Context

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Meanwhile, the United States (US) said in a report that Sri Lankan Government generally respected religious freedom in 2012 although in some instances, local authorities were not effective in responding to attacks on members of minority religious groups, reports Colombo Page. The International Religious Freedom Report for 2012 released on May 20 by the US Department of State said the Constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom but there were reports of societal abuses and discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice. Attacks on Christian churches by Buddhists and some societal tension due to ongoing allegations of forced or unethical conversions continued, but according to the report number of such attacks was fewer than in previous years and also less in scale. However, intolerance of and discrimination against Muslims by some Buddhists increased during the year, the report noted. The US Embassy officials in Sri Lanka have expressed US government's concerns about religious freedom, particularly attacks on churches, to the Sri Lankan government leaders and urged them to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators.

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