CPA Comms Officer on 3 November, 2026
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) has filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Bill titled “Prevention of Organised Crimes”, which was published in the Gazette of 2 October 2026 (issued on 6 October 2026) and subsequently placed on the Order Paper of Parliament on 20 October 2026. The petition […]
CPA Comms Officer on 1 November, 2026
Colombo, 1 November 2026 The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) mourns the passing of Lal Wijenayake, senior attorney-at-law and one of the foremost figures of Sri Lanka’s Left. Educated at Dharmaraja College, the University of Ceylon, and Ceylon Law College, Mr Wijenayake devoted more than half a century to political and civil society activism, as […]
CPA Comms Officer on 27 October, 2026
October 2026 The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) warmly congratulates Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on being awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her contributions to promoting peace and international law. Pillay has displayed an unwavering commitment to human rights, equality, accountability and the rule of law throughout her career commencing from her time […]
CPA Comms Officer on 15 October, 2026
2026 ඔක්තෝබර් 8 2026 ඔක්තෝබර් මස 6 වන දින රජයේ ගැසට් පත්‍රයේ පළ කරන ලද සංවිධානාත්මක අපරාධ වැළැක්වීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පතෙහි (මින් පසු පනත් කෙටුම්පත) අන්තර්ගතය පිළිබඳව විකල්ප ප්‍රතිපත්ති කේන්ද්‍රය සිය දැඩි අවධානය යොමු කර සිටී. කෙටුම්පත පුළුල්, නොපැහැදිලි මෙන් ම අතිශය විස්තාරිත භාෂාවකින් සම්පාදනය කොට තිබේ. එහි අර්ථවත් ආරක්ෂණ විධිවිධාන අඩංගු නොමැති තරම් වන අතර, […]
CPA Comms Officer on 15 October, 2026
2026 ஒக்டோபர் 08 ஆம் திகதி 2026 ஒக்டோபர் 06 ஆம் திகதியன்று வர்த்தமானியில் வெளியிடப்பட்ட ‘ஒழுங்கமைக்கப்பட்ட குற்றச்செயல்களைத் தடுத்தல் சட்டமூலத்தின்’ (Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill) உள்ளடக்கங்கள் தொடர்பில் மாற்றுக்கொள்கைகளுக்கான நிலையம் (CPA) தனது தீவிர கவலையை வெளியிடுகிறது. இச்சட்டமூலமானது மிகப்பரந்த, தெளிவற்ற மற்றும் விரிவான தாக்கத்தைக் கொண்ட மொழியமைப்பில் வரைவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன், போதிய நேரடியான பாதுகாப்பு வழிமுறைகளையோ அல்லது தற்காப்பு நடைமுறைகளையோ கொண்டிருக்கவில்லை. சாதாரண குற்றவியல் சட்டத்தின் கீழ் நீண்ட போராட்டங்களின் மூலம் […]
CPA Comms Officer on 9 October, 2026
8th October 2026 The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is alarmed by the contents of the Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill (the Bill), gazetted on 6 October 2026. The Bill is framed in broad, vague and sweeping language and contains few, if any, meaningful safeguards. It rolls back hard-won protections in the ordinary criminal law. […]
CPA Comms Officer on 5 October, 2026
වසර 2026ක් වූ සැප්තැම්බර් මස 22 වන දින ගැසට් පත්‍රයේ පළ කරන ලද ත්‍රස්තවාදයෙන් රාජ්‍යය ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පත පිළිබඳව විකල්ප ප්‍රතිපත්ති කේන්ද්‍රය සිය කනස්සල්ල පළ කර සිටී. මෙම පනත් කෙටුම්පතේ පූර්ව පිටපතක් අධිකරණ සහ ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් 2025 දෙසැම්බර් මස ප්‍රසිද්ධියට පත් කළ අතර, ඒ සම්බන්ධ මහජන අදහස් මසක් ඇතුළත ලබා දෙන ලෙස […]