Information Integrity Concerns in 2026 Anti-Terrorism Bill

Protection of the State from Terrorism Act, No. of 2026: Observations from an information integrity perspective By Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa From the primary perspective of the integrity of information, and privileged communications, this bill’s forward presentation as a human rights improvement on the PTA obscures the reality that its core architecture, ranging from administrative detention, military powers, proscription regimes, and broad speech offences, replicates the essential features that made the PTA objectionable. Posted online four days ago, the bill is open to public input for a month. As journalist S. Rubatheesan wrote in the Sunday Times3, “Under the proposed Terrorism…

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