Online Safety Act No. 9 of 2024 — selective religious-speech enforcement (Article 19 + CPJ briefings)

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Editorial gloss

The 2024 Online Safety Act has been documented by Article 19, CPJ, CIVICUS and HRCSL as being applied disproportionately to (i) Muslim social-media users posting on majoritarian violence, (ii) Christian evangelical posts deemed to 'insult Buddhism', and (iii) Tamil journalists/activists in the North-East. Pair with iccpr-act-2007-srilanka to document the legislative double-track: ICCPR Act §3 used asymmetrically against minorities, OSA §16 layered on top. Anchors the structural / enforcement-gap argument.

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