Making inflammatory statements inciting violence in public against the law – government
To make statements or release publications intended to incite violence and / or engage in hate speech amounts to criminal conduct according to the laws of Sri Lanka and according to Section 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Act, says Director General of Government Information Attorney-at-Law Sudarshana Gunawardhana.
Issuing a statement on publishing statements inciting violence targeted against particular communities, the Director General said that therefore all citizens, and especially media institutions, should ensure that they do not themselves incite violence or engage in hate speech in contravention of the laws of Sri Lanka, and that they do not publish such statements calculated to incite violence as aforesaid.
The full text of Mr. Gunawardana's stat...