Photo courtesy of Article 19 Over the past two years, Sri Lanka’s legislative landscape has become a testing ground for the future of free expression. Freedom of expression has always been a fragile promise in Sri Lanka’s democracy, a right often celebrated in principle and constrained in practice. Yet in recent times this fragility has deepened into what can only be described as a structural transformation of speech. A new generation of laws and legislative proposals, introduced in the language of safety, order and integrity, are reshaping how citizens may speak, publish or even think aloud. The report “Challenging the…
Legislating Silence: The New Legal Battles for Freedom of Expression in Sri Lanka
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