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Understanding Sri Lanka’s Controversial Anti-Terrorism Bill 2023: Why Calls to Repeal the 1979 PTA Persist
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17/05/2023
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In a joint letter UN Special Rapporteurs take proposed Sri Lanka’s Anti-Terrorism Act to the task!
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11/05/2023
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North East Women’s Collective protests against the Anti Terrorism Act
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20/04/2023
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Sri Lanka: An Anti-Terrorism Act worse than the PTA
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28/03/2023
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Lanka’s ethnic ‘mountain’ and the wee mouse of ‘PTA pardons’ – Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena
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25/12/2022
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Sri Lanka: Drop terror charges against student leaders detained for 90 days
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17/11/2022
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Sri Lanka: The misery of PTA detention & barriers to simply visiting their loved ones
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06/10/2022
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Sri Lanka police Police refuses to disclose the number of people detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act
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28/09/2022
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Sri Lanka: Abuse of the PTA has continued unabated, under the guise of combatting terrorism – Commonwealth Lawyers Association
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05/09/2022
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BASL calls upon Ranil Wickremasinghe to rescind the Detention Orders issued on protestors and to refrain from using the PTA
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23/08/2022
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Sri Lanka’s democratic decline in the name of preventing terrorism – Harin Fernando (MP)
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02/03/2022
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Sri Lanka: UN experts call for swift suspension of Prevention of Terrorism Act and reform of counter-terrorism law
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02/03/2022
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Third dreaded white van incident reported within a week in Sri Lanka
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17/02/2022
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275 persons remains in remand under PTA in Sri Lanka.
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13/02/2022
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Women victims of the Prevention of Terrorism Act in Sri Lanka – Shreen Saroor
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09/02/2022
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“Draconian elements of the Prevention of Terrorism Act needs to be removed” – Court of Appel order on Hejaaz Hisbullah (full text)
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07/02/2022
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SLB Update: Bill to Amend the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)- A Summarised Critique
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06/02/2022
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Sri Lanka: Dr Shirley Herath (75) detained under PTA for 20 days without independent access to lawyers
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06/02/2022
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Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry statement on Ambika Sathkunanthan is “unwarranted, mischievous and chilling” – Joint Civil Society statement.
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06/02/2022
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Sri Lanka: Legality of the gazetted amendments to the Prevention of Terrorism Act challenged .
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05/02/2022
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Proposed amendments do not eliminate the draconian aspects of the original PTA – M.M. Zuhair
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04/02/2022
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Sri Lanka: The Prevention of Terrorism Act cannot be reformed; it must be repealed
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01/02/2022
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Proposed PTA Amendments fall short
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01/02/2022
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Sri Lanka: PTA amendments welcome but inadequate – Editorial, The Morning
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31/01/2022
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Sri Lanka: LTTE former media co-ordinator Daya Master convicted
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26/01/2022
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TID officers said I’m a terrorist because I didn’t own Buddhist books: Ahnaf Jazeem
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19/01/2022
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‘Allow me to lead a normal life’ pleads Tamil journalist targeted by TID
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14/12/2021
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Poet Ahnaf Jazeem to be released on bail in one week’s time.
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08/12/2021
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The abuse of the PTA and the case of Azath Salley – Javid Yusuf
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06/12/2021
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Sri Lanka: Proposed changes to PTA do not address core issues; civil society calls for immediate moratorium
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03/12/2021
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