Sri Lanka doesn't have a law preventing people from joining foreign terrorist organizations. It isn't the only country not to have one.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Thursday that the government knew individuals affiliated with the Islamic State had returned to the country but could not legally arrest them.
“We have no laws which enable us to take into custody people who join foreign terrorist groups. We can take those who are, who belong to terrorist groups operating in Sri Lanka.”Sri Lanka prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe tells Sky News the Easter Sunday attackers had international links.— Sky News April 25, 2019 But how could Sri Lanka — a country where a U.S.
While some could argue that the prime minister is making as much a political case as a legal one — the Sri Lankan government did fail to stop deadly terrorist attacks — the preexisting anti-terrorism law in Sri Lanka was obviously written in, and for, a different time. It’s hardly unique in that.
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