Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has raised concerns that the proposed anti-terrorism bill poses heightened risks to journalists, civil society actors, and for monitoring and documentation of militarized and other activities with broad human rights implications.

In its report the Office said that such threat originates from overbroad definitions of confidential information outlined in speech-related offences under Sections 2, 8-11, 15, 74 of the Prevention of State from Terrorism Bill (PSTA).

According to the report, the government has reproduced the same definition in the original draft presented in December 2025 despite UN concerns at that time.

The definition of "conf...