FMETU calls on all those who value democracy to oppose Anti-Terrorism Bill island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The new Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) proposed by the Sri Lankan parliament, designed to replace the existing Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) of 1979, threatens to further exacerbate restrictions on the right to assembly and gravely curtail freedom of expression and press freedom. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Sri Lankan affiliates, the Sri Lankan Working Journalists Association (SLWJA), the Federation of Media Employees Trade Union (FMETU), and the Free Media Movement (FMM), in strongly condemning the bill and urging Sri Lankan authorities to withdraw the proposed draft and repeal the punitive PTA.
Resolution #9: Protecting Human Rights & Prosecuting Economic Crimes island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lankan trade unions will commence a countrywide series of protests, from tomorrow (20), demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, representatives of 50 trade unions that marched to Galle Face, in support of the anti-government protestors, said on Saturday (16.) Joseph Stalin, General Secretary Ceylon Teachers’ Union, one of the main […]
Mass protests to force Gotabaya to quit uniindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uniindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.