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Call for abolishing PTA: Sabry acknowledges HRCSL's right to take stand, reiterates Cabinet will take final decision – The Island

Call for abolishing PTA: Sabry acknowledges HRCSL's right to take stand, reiterates Cabinet will take final decision – The Island
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Colombo , Western , Sri-lanka , Ali-sabry , Shamindra-ferdinando , Human-rights-commission-of-sri-lanka , Minister-ali-sabry , Terrorism-act , Human-rights-commission , Penal-code , General-law , Evidence-ordinance

DDGHS warns COVID deaths among young will increase in coming weeks

By Rathindra Kuruwita COVID deaths among the youth could increase in the coming weeks if Omicron kept spreading at the current rate, Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath, told the media yesterday. “Right now, most people who are affected are relatively young people who are double jabbed. Most young people have good […]

Colombo , Western , Sri-lanka , Ali-sabry , Shamindra-ferdinando , Human-rights-commission-of-sri-lanka , Minister-ali-sabry , Terrorism-act , Human-rights-commission , Penal-code , General-law , Evidence-ordinance

Putin's pushback: The context of Russia's Ukraine move – The Island

By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Context counts, and context means geography and history. The dramatic Russia-Ukraine situation cannot be understood without a sense of history, by which I mean contemporary history, not the pre-revolutionary (pre-1917) history that was invoked by President Putin. What contemporary history, that is to say, post-Cold War history shows is a combination […]

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Thomian, Thinitian to light up

Thomian, Thinitian to light up
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Meaningless, Redundant and Ridiculous Amendments

Meaningless, Redundant and Ridiculous Amendments
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HRCSL's call for abolishing PTA wholly unacceptable – Manohara – The Island

HRCSL's call for abolishing PTA wholly unacceptable – Manohara – The Island
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PTA: Repeal or Amend?

PTA: Repeal or Amend?
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PTA: HRCSL takes a contrary view to that of the govt.

The Human Rights Council of Sri Lanka, in a statement issued yesterday (15) dealt with several contentious matters including the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). The HRCSL emphasised that regardless of the govenment proposal to amendment the PTA, the Commission felt the PTA should be abolished completely. The HRSCL recommended that the offence of terrorism […]

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UNHRC February-March sessions and price SL pays for 1979 PTA!

Geneva alleges harassment of civil society by CID, TID and State Intelligence By Former MP, M.M Zuhair PC On the 24th of this month, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Michelle Bachelet is due to present to the UNHRC an updated report on the extent of grave human rights violations in Sri Lanka. […]

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Zuhair: PTA amendments do not address real issues

The proposed amendments to the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act No 48 of 1979 (PTA) issued by gazette notification published on 27.01.2022 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs do not eliminate the draconian aspects of the original PTA, says former MP M.M. Zuhair, PC. For example, the continued admission at PTA trials of specified […]

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