CPA Comms Officer on 16 November, 2023
On the 21st of March 2021, the Government published in the Gazette regulations purportedly made under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, namely the Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021. Through these regulations, the Government attempted to set up a system of ‘rehabilitation’ for categories of persons […]
CPA Comms Officer on 3 November, 2023
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CPA Comms Officer on 4 October, 2023
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) notes the publication of the Online Safety Bill (Bill) on the 15th of September 2023 and tabled in Parliament on 3rd of October 2023. CPA has shared its initial concerns on several clauses of the Bill in a series of infographics issued on 22nd September 2023, highlighting several concerns […]
CPA Comms Officer on 19 September, 2023
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) notes the publication of the revised Bill of the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) gazetted on the 15th of September 2023. A previous version of the Bill was gazetted on the 22nd of March 2023. CPA issued a statement raising several concerns relating to that version of the Bill followed […]
Sri Lankan comedian Natasha Edirisooriya was arrested under the ICCPR Act for allegedly violating the country’s freedom of speech laws. The CPA has expressed concern, arguing that the arrest is part of a broader pattern of harassment and intimidation of dissenting voices. Read the full statement in English Read the full statement in Tamil Read […]
CPA Comms Officer on 27 March, 2023
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) observes that the Government published an ‘Anti – Terrorism Bill’ in the Gazette, on the 22nd of March 2023. This Bill seeks to abolish the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and introduce an Anti-Terrorism Act. Such legal reforms must be studied in the context of the abuse of the […]
18th August 2022: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) notes the publication of the Twenty Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill (the Bill) [Part II of the Gazette of 29th July 2022, supplement issued on 02nd August 2022]. The Bill was also placed on the Order Paper of Parliament on 10th August 2022. The Bill, […]