President Wickremesinghe revokes bans on five Islamic organisations proscribed by President Gotabaya in 2021

Colombo (News 1st) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe has removed the ban on five of the 11 organizations that were proscribed on April 10, 2021, by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

The remaining six organizations include Al-Qaeda, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

The organizations whose bans were lifted by Extraordinary Gazette No. 2342/27 dated July 26, 2023, are:

1. United Thawheed (Thowheedh) Jamma'ath (UTJ).

2. Ceylon Thawheed (Thowheedh) Jamma'ath (CTJ).

3. Sri Lanka Thawheed (Thowheedh) Jamma'ath (SLTJ).

4. All Ceylon Thawheed (Thowheedh) Jamma'ath (ACTJ).

5. Jamiyathul Ansari Sunnathul Mohomadiya (JASM) alias Jamma'ath Ansaaris Sunnathil Mohomadiya Organization alias All Ceylon Jam-E-Athu Ansaris Sunnathil Mohammadiya alias Ansaris Sunnathil Mohammadiya Association alias Jama'ath Ansaris Sunnathil Mohammadiya.