A perfect storm: Digitalisation, new laws, draft bills, and threats to civic space in Sri Lanka

Since 2023, Sri Lanka has enacted, circulated or in some way referred to at least 7 laws and draft laws that bear directly on what citizens and organisations can say, publish, fund and organise. These include the Online Safety Act (OSA), the Anti-Corruption Act, the Proceeds of Crime Act, the proposed Protection of the State … Continue reading A perfect storm: Digitalisation, new laws, draft…