CPA Comms Officer on 27 March, 2023

CPA Statement on the Anti-Terrorism Bill – 2023

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) observes that the Government published an ‘Anti – Terrorism Bill’ in the Gazette, on the 22nd of March 2023. This Bill seeks to abolish the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and introduce an Anti-Terrorism Act. Such legal reforms must be studied in the context of the abuse of the […]

Categories: DocumentsPress ReleasesPublic Interest Litigation
CPA Comms Officer on 22 February, 2023

Survey on ‘Aragalaya’ – Topline Report

                    This report presents the topline findings of the ‘Survey on Aragalaya’ (popular uprising) conducted by Social Indicator (SI), the survey and research arm of the Centre for Policy Alternatives. Against the backdrop of the economic and political crisis Sri Lanka is facing, this island-wide survey was […]

Categories: Documents
CPA Comms Officer on 22 February, 2023

State response to the Right to Protest amidst the socio-economic and governance crisis February 2023

(Infographic) The year 2022 was marked by a number of protests across Sri Lanka, fuelled largely by demands for accountability and solutions for the dire economic crisis, and against the crackdown on protests by the state. The sustained citizen-led protest movement, the ‘aragalaya’ (‘the struggle’), led to the resignation of both the former President and […]

Categories: Documents
CPA Comms Officer on 6 February, 2023

CPA statement regarding concerns with continued repression in Sri Lanka

6th February 2023, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is deeply concerned by the excessive use of force, arbitrary actions and the blatant disregard for due process in arresting peaceful demonstrators on the eve and on the day of the 75th Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka, which was on the 4th […]

Categories: Documents
CPA Comms Officer on 1 February, 2023

Confidence in Democratic Governance Index (Wave 4) – Topline Report: Tamil

This report presents the topline findings of the fourth wave of the ‘Confidence in Democratic Governance Index’ survey conducted by Social Indicator, the survey research arm of the Centre for Policy Alternatives. This island-wide survey examines the public opinion on areas of local government elections which is a subject of debate at present, perception on the household economy, and […]

Categories: Documents
CPA Comms Officer on 1 February, 2023

Confidence in Democratic Governance Index (Wave 4) – Topline Report: Sinhala

This report presents the topline findings of the fourth wave of the ‘Confidence in Democratic Governance Index’ survey conducted by Social Indicator, the survey research arm of the Centre for Policy Alternatives. This island-wide survey examines the public opinion on areas of local government elections which is a subject of debate at present, perception on the household economy, and […]

Categories: Documents
CPA Comms Officer on 30 January, 2023

Confidence in Democratic Governance Index (Wave 4) – Topline Report

This report presents the topline findings of the fourth wave of the ‘Confidence in Democratic Governance Index’ survey conducted by Social Indicator, the survey research arm of the Centre for Policy Alternatives. This island-wide survey examines the public opinion on areas of local government elections which is a subject of debate at present, perception on the household economy, and […]

Categories: Documents