Anti Terrorism Bill

A five-member Supreme Court judge bench commenced hearing the petitions filed against the government’s new Anti-Terrorism Bill for the third day straight. Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya and Justices Vijith Malalgoda, A.H.M.D. Nawaz,…

President of the Inter-Company Employees’ Union Wasantha Samarasinghe has filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition before the Supreme Court, seeking a court order declaring that certain provisions of the Ant-Terrorism Bill are…

The Attorney General today (Oct. 13) informed the Supreme Court that the Anti-Terrorism Bill has not been presented to the parliament as yet. This was communicated by the Additional Solicitor General who appeared on behalf of Attorney…

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has vowed to go to court over the new Anti-Terrorism Bill. SJB member Ashok Abeysinghe stressed that no matter how the relevant Bill is amended, the main opposition would still oppose it. He further…

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has directed a letter to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, seeking a copy of the Ant-Terrorism Bill which was recently approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. The rights group says it…

A diplomatic briefing was convened on Friday (Sept. 01) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to brief the Colombo-based diplomatic corps on current developments related to the draft Anti-Terrorism Bill. Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs…

The Cabinet of Ministers has green-lighted the resolution to instruct the Legal Draftsman to redraft the Anti-Terrorism Bill with the amendments, the Government Information Department says. The resolution had been furnished by the…