Colombo (TIP): Sri Lanka has banned 11 hardline Islamist organisations, including the Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda. It warned that any person who conspires with them would be sentenced to prison terms between 10 and 20 years.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a special gazette notification issued on Tuesday proscribed the radical groups under the Prevention of Terrorism (temporary) Provisions Act. This has been done in good faith to ensure peace, the notification said. — PTI
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