{"id":20686,"date":"2023-04-06T16:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=20686"},"modified":"2023-12-13T12:57:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T07:27:30","slug":"bar-association-opposes-anti-terrorism-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=20686","title":{"rendered":"Bar Association opposes Anti-Terrorism Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sri Lanka Bar Association has issued a press release strongly opposing the Anti-Terrorism Act.<br \/>The statement emphasizes the Sri Lanka Bar Association&#8217;s firm position that laws that directly or indirectly restrict the fundamental human rights of the country&#8217;s citizens should not be enacted.<br \/>The Sri Lanka Bar Association states that the Anti-Terrorism Bill has been gazetted without sufficient consultation with the relevant stakeholders, including the Bar Association of Sri Lanka.<br \/>The announcement further states that the Sri Lanka Bar Association has also appointed a committee to review the legality of the bill and its consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SL-Bar-Association-Letter-2023.04.06-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SL-Bar-Association-Letter-2023.04.06-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20688\" width=\"723\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SL-Bar-Association-Letter-2023.04.06-1.jpg 417w, https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SL-Bar-Association-Letter-2023.04.06-1-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-20686' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=20686&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-20686' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-20686' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-20686' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-20686'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-20686' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-20686 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka Bar Association has issued a press release strongly opposing the Anti-Terrorism Act.The statement emphasizes the Sri Lanka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[106,97,107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-economy","category-smartphones","category-political","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22538,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20686\/revisions\/22538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}