A letter signed by more than 240 activists, trade unions, CSOs, movements, lawyers, clergy, PTA detainees and academics has been addressed to the Justice Minister, calling for the immediate repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), without further delay.
The letter further requests that no terror law be brought to replace the PTA, citing 15 other laws in the penal code that currently exist, that can be used in the case of a “terror threat”.
A 05-point recommendation has also been made, while also criticising the problematic composition of the Committee appointed to address the matter, and the lack of accountability for the incidence of violence and terror perpetrated by the State.
Full statement; No Terror Laws – Committee Submission – Eng – FINAL
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