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Criminalizing Disinformation. Is Democracy under threat?

Criminalizing Disinformation. Is Democracy under threat?

Weaponisation of information has become one of the grave threat to democracy. How do we solve this menace? Would Criminalizing disinformation be a solution? Or would it threaten civil liberties? The inaugural installment of Huftsddorp Circles - an initiative by the...

Salvaging the Port City Project

Salvaging the Port City Project

By Gehan Gunatilleke What is the only reasonable yardstick to assess any large-scale economic project in Sri Lanka? Simple: its benefit to the Sri Lankan people. Such public benefit should be the sole benchmark by which the proposed Colombo Port City project...

Criminalization of Fake News

Criminalization of Fake News

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=297892261820169&ref=watch_permalink Fake news is a menace to all of us, and criminalizing it seems the logical solution to a widespread problem. But is it really? What are the benefits and ramifications Sri Lanka can expect...

Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021

Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021

It gives us immense pleasure to announce that Dr. Gehan Gunatilleke has been chosen as one of the “Top 100 Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021” (Category: Legal) at the recently held, LexTalk World Conference on 7th & 8th April 2021 at Crowne Plaza, #Dubai.The Awardees were...

SC begins hearing Port City petitions

SC begins hearing Port City petitions

By S.S. Selvanayagam A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court yesterday heard presentations from four petitioners, including the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), the United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) who had filed petitions appealing...

Amending archaic laws

Amending archaic laws

April 4, 2021 by Yumiko Perera  A complex mixture of legal systems of Roman-Dutch Law, British Law, Kandyan Law, Thesavalamai, and Muslim Law, the legal framework of Sri Lanka is rich in diversity. The religious and colonial history of the country, tracing back from...

Human Rights and Civil Society Dialogue in Sri Lanka

Human Rights and Civil Society Dialogue in Sri Lanka

27 January 2021 | Online This event will be held on Zoom on 27th January, 14:30– 15:30 (GMT).This event features policy-relevant contributions by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Mario Gomez on the human rights and civil society implications of the use of extensive...

Sword of Damocles over Freedom of Expression?

Sword of Damocles over Freedom of Expression?

Regulation on news websites by Kamanthi Wickramasinghe Media and the Government often don’t see eye to eye and this is applicable to most countries, be it democratic or not. Sri Lankan media platforms too have faced much censorship while many journalists also fell...