counter terrorism

‘If changes are made in Committee Stage in Parliament, there will be no room to legally challenge draconian sections of the new legislation’ – says Gehan Gunatilleke
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Taken from Sunday Observer BY A STAFF REPORTER The Counter Terrorism Bill approved by cabinet last week is a major improvement on the existing Prevention of Terrorism Act, but the bill only has conditional cabinet approval and could be subject...
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The case against anti-terrorism laws
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Jeyakumari Balendran, an activist campaigning for the whereabouts of missing persons in Sri Lanka, was detained by officers of the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) in March 2014. Photo: Vikalpa | Groundviews | Maatram | CPA / Flickr Nearly a decade after...
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