Gazette issued to ban 11 Islamic extremist groups

14 April 2021 06:17 am Views - 4126

The Government yesterday issued an extraordinary gazette notification proscribing eleven Islamic Organisations that have links with extremist activities.

Earlier, Attorney General Dappula de Livera had authorized the proscription of eleven such organisations.

Accordingly, these regulations may be cited as the Prevention of Terrorism (Proscription of Extremist Organizations) Regulations No. 2 of 2021. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)

The details of the Gazette notification as follows: