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L-R: Clair Deevy, WhatsApp’s Director for Public Policy for Asia Pacific, Indika De Zoysa, Enterprise Business Group at Huawei Technologies Lanka Co-Vice President, and Ashwini Natesan Veerabahu, Legal Consultant/Researcher/Lecturer on Information Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law.

Considering the current dialogue on privacy in digital applications that stemmed with the latest privacy update notice on WhatsApp, Sri Lanka Press Institute as a precursor in making the citizens more informed on the democratic ideals, has organized an online panel discussion titled “Is Your Privacy at Stake? – An Online Panel Discussion on Privacy in Instant Messaging Applications” on Thursday, 18th of February 2021 from 6.30 pm -7.30 pm on zoom platform. The panel discussion will be held in English and the Q & A session will be facilitated in Sinhala and Tamil interpretations.

The expert panel of the online session consists of Ms Clair Deevy, WhatsApp’s Director for Public Policy for Asia Pacific, Mr. Indika De Zoysa, Enterprise Business Group at Huawei Technologies Lanka Co-Vice President, and Ms Ashwini Natesan Veerabahu, Legal Consultant/Researcher/Lecturer on Information Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law.

Interested participants may visit the website at www.slpi.lk to register for the session or get in touch with us on Tel: +94-11-5353635, Email: info@slpi.lk or Fax: +94-11-5335500 or follow our social media pages at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SriLankaPressInstitute and/or Twitter handle, @SLPI.



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Sixth anniversary of Easter Sunday carnage: Special security provided to churches

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Police and armed forces personnel will be deployed at all churches today as the sixth anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks is marked.Police stations have been instructed to provide special security to churches in their areas and seek assistance from the STF and tri-forces where additional manpower is needed.

Security arrangements have been made under the direction of Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya.

Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuiyakontha convened a special meeting on Thursday, instructing the Commanders of the Tri-Forces to implement a comprehensive security plan to safeguard worshippers attending Easter Sunday services.

He further directed that the measures be taken in close coordination with the Ministry of Public Security to ensure effective implementation and to allow Christians to attend services without fear or inconvenience.The main commemoration service is set to begin with a procession from St. Lucia’s Cathedral at 7:00 a.m., with participation from Catholics

in nearby parishes—particularly from Colombo Central, Colombo North, Wattala, and Ragama—as well as brothers from junior and national seminaries, priests, and religious leaders. Colombo Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is expected to conduct the prayer service, which is scheduled to begin at 8:40 a.m.

A separate commemoration will also take place at St. Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapitiya, in two sessions—one at 8:30 a.m. and another at 4:30 p.m.

By Norman Palihawadane

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Easter Sunday carnage: Catholic Bishops’ Conference renews call for justice

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The Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka says that ascertaining who the perpetrators of the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 were and those who have aided and abetted in the dastardly act, is a matter of urgency.

In its special message for Easter the conference says: “This Easter also marks the sixth anniversary of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on innocent worshipers at Catholic and other Christian Churches and in other places in 2019, causing death and injuries to hundreds of people. In this regard, we observe that certain positive steps have been taken by the present government to ensure an independent and impartial inquiry into this brutal attack.

While we appreciate the efforts made so far, we insist that as a matter of urgency and justice, the final aim of the inquiries should be to ascertain who the perpetrators are and those who have aided and abetted in the dastardly act.

We shall continue to pray earnestly for wisdom and courage for the leaders of our country, as well as solace and healing for the victims,” the message signed by the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka, Bishop Harold Anthony Perera and Secretary General Bishop Anthony Jayakody said.

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Bill to abolish Online Safety law gazetted

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MP Ravi Karunanayake

A new bill has been drafted to abolish the controversial Online Safety law passed by the previous government.

A gazette notification, announcing “Bill to Repeal the Online Safety Act No. 09 of 2024”, has been issued.

The bill has been presented as a Private Member’s Bill by MP Ravi Karunanayake.

By Akitha Perera

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