Supreme Court Shoots Down De-Radicalization Bill
October 21 2022
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has determined that a controversial bill rehabilitation bureau bill violates the constitution, reports the Economy Next news website (Colombo).
On Thursday, lawmakers were notified of the decision.
The bill, brought forth last month by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, would have granted the state the authority to arbitrarily detain suspects for up to two years for “deradicalization,” reported Agence France-Presse.
The bill specified no form of judicial...
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