TABLE OF CONTENTS 01. SITUATING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN SRI LANKA ......................... 04 02. POLITICS, CULTURE, & THE LAW .................................................................. 05 Laws ........................................................................................................................................ 06 03. METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................. 07 04. DISSENT AND ASSEMBLY .............................................................................. 08 Emergency Regulations ................................................................................................... Section 120 .......................................................................................................................... Prevention of Terrorism Act ............................................................................................ Online Safety Act ................................................................................................................ 08 09 10 11 05. MEDIA FREEDOM ............................................................................................. 11 Laws and Cases ................................................................................................................... 12 Recent Developments ...................................................................................................... 13 06. ETHNORELIGIOUS CONFLICT ...................................................................... 15 Prosecution for disturbing religious harmony.......................................................... Shakthika Sathkumara ...................................................................................................... Nathasha Edirisooriya ....................................................................................................... Criticisms of the usage of Section 3 of the ICCPR Act ........................................... Does Sri Lanka have blasphemy laws? ....................................................................... Anti-minority sentiments and the suppression of FOE ........................................ The new apparatus to infringe on Freedom of Expression ................................. 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 07. GENDER AND SEXUAL EXPRESSION .......................................................... 21 08. CONTEMPT OF COURT .................................................................................... 24 09. ONLINE SAFETY ACT & THE FUTURE OF EXPRESSION .......................... 26 10. REFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 28