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Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

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Human Security, Jaffna, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Court acquits Tamil mother after 15 years of detention under PTA

Image courtesy Last week, Tamil children in the North of Sri Lanka reportedly took to the streets to demand the release of their parents detained for years[1] under anti-terror laws[2]. This was…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 10/05/201510/11/2021
Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, Jaffna, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

PTA detainees – Ignored under “Yahapalanaya?”

AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, via 19 years in remand without conclusion of case, 17 years and case still ongoing in High Court, 15 years to file charges, 400-500 court hearings without conclusion of…

WATCHDOG WATCHDOG on 09/05/201510/11/2021
Jaffna, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), Trincomalee, Vavuniya

Continuing Detention of Tamil Women and a Girl Child under the Prevention of Terrorism Act

Image courtesy Sri Lanka Brief In 2009 the government announced that the LTTE has been wiped out from the country with the end of the armed conflict. However, in the past few…

Womens Action Network Womens Action Network on 04/13/201410/11/2021
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Who Guards the Guards? – The Need to Move Swiftly on Removing the ER/PTA from the Sri Lankan Constitution

A year after the defeat of the LTTE the Sri Lankan government announced that it will be relaxing some of the Emergency Regulations (ER) that have been in place during the conflict….

A Civil Society Collective A Civil Society Collective on 05/13/201010/11/2021

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