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Sri Lanka: ATA criminalises the citizen’s political activism punishable by 20 years in jail – Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda: The proposed Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) is a direct response to the citizens’ protest movement of 2022 and the continuation of these protests this year, Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, a political scientist, said during an online seminar on the ATA, organised by the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA)… https://srilankabrief.org/sri-lanka-ata-criminalises-the-citizens-political-activism-punishable-by-20-years-in-jail-prof-jayadeva-uyangoda/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #AntiTerrorismAct

The Proposed Anti-Terrorism Act : Treating protests as terrorism (01): Dr Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel.

Despite terrorism being a worldwide phenomenon, the international community is yet to agree on a definition of terrorism. Ben Saul, Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney, who has written extensively on the subject, says: ‘The ordinary meaning of terrorism is simple: extreme fear.’ While Sir Jeremy… https://srilankabrief.org/the-proposed-anti-terrorism-act-part-i-treating-protests-as-terrorism-01/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Features #AntiTerrorismAct

Sri Lanka: Proposed “anti-terror” bill set to introduce the death penalty and break existing human rights violations record -ICJ: Image courtesy of PubAffairs Bruxelles.

The ICJ is concerned that the newly proposed anti-terrorism legislation, if adopted as currently formulated, will give rise to a panoply of human rights violations and, much as the existing “Prevention of Terrorism Act”, is open to misuse.

On 22 March 2023, the government… https://srilankabrief.org/sri-lanka-proposed-anti-terror-bill-set-to-introduce-the-death-penalty-and-break-existing-human-rights-violations-record-icj/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Features #AntiTerrorismAct

Sri Lanka: The proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill will make president the law & dissent a crime: (AHRC) Three major ‘strategies’ have been used in this draft bill on anti-terrorism 2023.which create very great confusion about the meaning of the contents of the proposed law and its implications.

Three ‘strategies’

The first of these strategies is not to define the meaning of terrorism.

The meaning of the key word of this document is thus… https://srilankabrief.org/sri-lanka-the-proposed-anti-terrorism-bill-will-make-president-the-law-dissent-a-crime/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Features #AntiTerrorismAct

#§230 law broadly exempts websites from #legal #liability when harm is caused by that content.

#Section2333 of the #AntiTerrorismAct, as amended, allows U.S. nationals injured by an act of international #terrorism perpetrated by a designated foreign #terrorist organization to sue those who sponsor the attacks.

The court is expected to hand down rulings in both cases before July.