Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka “And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?” ‘The Second Coming’, WB Yeats (1919)Must the Sri Lankan citizenry accept or acquiesce in the sacrifice, even in peacetime, of due process and civil liberties at the altar of an absolutist model of security? The state, or […]
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Azad Salley conspired to mobilize Sri Lankan Muslims for an armed struggle – Defence Secretary
In a damning revelation, powerful Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has stated Muslim politician Azath Salley was arrested as he conspired to mobilize Sri Lankan Muslims for an armed struggle along with a Tamil group in Tamil Nadu. Speaking to our sister paper, Rajapaksa said intelligence agencies have uncovered evidence against Salley, who had been held […]
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Repeal of the PTA and if necessary enact legislation that is consistent with international standards – CPA
With the recent arrest and detention of opposition politician Azath Salley, Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) has once again come under critical scrutiny. The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and other civil society groups have condemned the use of the PTA to stifle dissent and reiterate this call yet again, urging for its […]
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Prevention of Terrorism (PTA) will not be repealed – Govt
The government yesterday ruled out the possibility of repealing the Prevention of Terrorism (PTA) despite requests by opposition political parties.In response to a question by Opposition United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne told Parliament that though the LTTE was militarily defeated, there were attempts to revamp the organisation in different […]
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Freedom of expression and the PTA in Sri Lanka
RobinhoodRobinhood raises concern over the recent arrest of Azad Sally by the CID. This evil act characterizes the Rajapaksa regimes witch-hunt against opposition politicos. Azad Salley was arrested by the CID on the 2nd of May 2013 morning under the prevention of terrorism act (PTA). Government Media spokesperson Lakshman Hulugalle stated that Mr. Sally was […]
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Prevention of Terrorism Act to suppress the opposition-Ravaya
Lakshman Hulugalle The government is employing the Prevention of Terrorism Act in order to suppress the opposition political leaders of South and Azad Sally the leader of the National United Front (NUF) was arrested under the particular regulations. Former Deputy Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council Azad Sally was arrested on May 2nd from his […]
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New arrest wave hits East: Long retired Tigers also detained
The exercise of sending ex-militants to rehabilitation again was begun by the Defense Ministry in Batticaloa at the beginning of this month (February 13th 2013). And under this so far six people have been arrested from Mandur, Kathiraveli, Mangkeni and Naasiventhivu and sent to the Boosa Detention Camp.When their relatives were thus arrested, family members […]
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Rehabilitate Gota and release university students – Opposition parties
Jaffna University students who are detained at the Welikanda camp will be released after rehabilitation, was the statement made by Defense Secretary Gottabaya, which cannot be accepted was stated by opposition parties.They pointed out that Gothabaya is functioning with arrogance beyond his limits and he needs rehabilitation.Who is Gottabaya to take court actions arbitrarily? He […]
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Tamils have not benefited form repealing the Emergency regulations , as shown by the arrest of students – Prof. Kurubaran, Jaffna university
Tamil people did not experience benefits by the abolition of emergency law in the country. Some are the examples establish from the ongoing incidents held in recent days in Jaffna.If terrorism prevention law gets abolished only, the Tamil people could benefit from the eradication of emergency law was mentioned by Jaffna University Prof.K.Kurubaran.He made this […]
