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CCD to submit PTA report to HRCSL by Monday

30 Dec 2021

  • Colombo Crimes Division report follows similar reports by CID, TID
  • Scheduled HRCSL-CCD meeting postponed
    BY Pamodi Waravita The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) is due to submit a complete report about the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1979 (PTA) to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) by Monday, 3 January 2022, following the reports already submitted to the HRCSL by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), and the Police Legal Division this week. “The CCD Director was due to meet the HRCSL commissioners and Chairperson Supreme Court Judge (Retd.) Justice Rohini Marasinghe today (30). However, the meeting has been postponed to next month and the HRCSL expects a full report on the PTA from the CCD by 3 January,” a HRCSL official told The Morning yesterday (30).  On Wednesday (29), Marasinghe, along with the other commissioners, met the heads of the CID, the TID, and the Police Legal Division, where detainees currently being held under the PTA had been discussed. Calls to repeal the PTA have increased this year, both locally and internationally, with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet emphasising the need for its repeal in her oral update about Sri Lanka earlier this year. The European Parliament, earlier this year, called on the Government of Sri Lanka to repeal the PTA and the European Commission to consider the temporary withdrawal of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) trade concession from Sri Lanka if it is not done. The GSP+ Monitoring Mission for the Third Cycle visited Sri Lanka during the months of September and October, meeting civil society members, politicians, and other stakeholders about a number of issues including the PTA. The Morning reported at the time that the Justice Ministry, in its discussions with the European Union (EU) delegation, had assured them that necessary amendments will be made to the PTA within the next six months. The 24th session of the EU-Sri Lanka Joint Commission in the first quarter of 2022 will witness the review of all aspects of bilateral co-operation. This year, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa also appointed a three member Advisory Board under Section 13 of the PTA, to make recommendations on actions to be taken on detainees and remand prisoners held under the PTA. The first draft of the renewed PTA report was presented to President Rajapaksa on 15 November by the relevant Committee Chairman, Defence Secretary (Retd.) General Kamal Gunaratne. A total of 10 Tamils who were arrested by the Police on 18 May under the provisions of the PTA were released on bail on 8 December by the Valaichchenai Magistrate’s Court. According to the Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka, the party had been arrested for lighting a flame of remembrance for war victims at the Kiran Beach in Kalkudah, Batticaloa. It was reported that these individuals were held under the PTA for a period of seven months.

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