A Gazette notification has been issued, lifting the ban that was imposed on five (05) organisations following the Easter Sunday terror attacks in 2019.
As per the Gazette, the proscription of the United Thowheeth Jama’ath (UTJ), Ceylon Thowheeth Jama’ath (CTJ), Sri Lanka Thowheeth Jama’ath (SLTJ), All Ceylon Thowheeth Jama’ath (ACTJ), and Jamiyathul Ansaari Sunnathul Mohomadiya (JSM) has been lifted.
The Gazette has been issued by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Defence.
In April 2021, the then Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera authorized the proscription of 11 Islamic Organizations in Sri Lanka in connection to the Easter Sunday attacks.
AG Dappula de Livera proscribed the organizations over links to extremist activities.
The United Thowheeth Jama’ath (UTJ), Ceylon Thowheeth Jama’ath (CTJ), Sri Lanka Thowheeth Jama’ath (SLTJ), All Ceylon Thowheeth Jama’ath (ACTJ), Jamiyathul Ansaari Sunnathul Mohomadiya (JSM), Dharul Adhar @ Jamiul Adhar, Sri Lanka Islamic Student Movement (SLISM), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Al-Qaeda, Save the Pearls, and Super Muslim were the proscribed Islamic Organizations.
The new Gazette notification lifting the ban on five of the proscribed organizations is as follows:
