Sri Lanka’s New Counterterrorism Bill Risks Perpetuating Past Abuses: Amnesty International
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2 min readFrom 4 outlets- Colombo Telegraph reports that the bill was tabled on 6 October and is under Supreme Court review.
- Amnesty says the terrorism definition is broad and safeguards remain inadequate.
- Lanka Business Online says the legislation could affect Sri Lanka’s EU GSP+ trade concession.
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Hiru News (සිංහල)SI
නව ත්රස්ත පනතෙන් මානව හිමිකම් කඩවීම් නැවත සිදුවීමේ අවදානමක්: ක්ෂමා සංවිධානයෙන් චෝදනාAda DeranaEN
Sri Lanka’s new counterterrorism bill risks perpetuating past abuses – Amnesty InternationalColombo TelegraphEN
Sri Lanka’s New Counterterrorism Bill Risks Perpetuating Past Abuses: Amnesty InternationalLanka Business OnlineEN
Sri Lanka’s terror law could cost it a trade lifeline
Earlier coverage
Reports on the same subject from the months before this story.
- The Sunday Times · Bill to criminalise terrorism by Lankans overseas, foreign terrorists here
- Newswire · Amnesty International warns Pakistan against using emergency rule to crack down on human rights
- Newswire · TISL warns new anti-terrorism Bill could restrict public protests and freedom of expression
- Hiru News (தமிழ்) · ஒழுங்கமைக்கப்பட்ட குற்றங்கள் சட்டமூலம் மூலம் PTA விதிகளை மீண்டும் கொண்டுவர முயற்சி: சட்டத்தரணி சாலிய பீரிஸ் எச்சரிக்கை!
- Ada Derana (සිංහල) · නව ත්රස්ත පනතට එරෙහි පෙත්සම් විභාගය ඇරඹෙයි