The Justices note that free speech includes the freedom to criticize government, ‘criticism of government however unpalatable, it cannot be restricted or penalized unless it is intended or has a tendency, to undermine the security of the state or public order or to incite the commission of an offence.
(From the order of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in the so-called ‘Facebook case’. Judgement written by Justice Yasantha Kodagoda
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