Amnesty: Creditors should provide debt relief to Sri Lanka

A woman sits by the fireplace at meal time in a shanty in Colombo (AP)

International creditors should provide debt relief to Sri Lanka to alleviate suffering as its people endure hunger, worsening poverty and shortages of basic supplies, Amnesty International has said.

For months, Sri Lanka has been in the grip of a dire economic crisis and the country has defaulted on its foreign loans.