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Following kissing, Sri Lanka now cracks down on 'indecent' advertising | Police in Sri Lanka are on a sort of 'cleaning spree' of billboards they call 'obscene advertising' - including racy images of women. Prior to this, they also detained young couples who were spotted indulging in inappropriate display
of affection in public, like kissing, cuddling or holding hands. They claim that
people are getting annoyed and embarrassed because of the youngsters' behaviour.
The Bureau for the Prevention of Abuse of Children and Women said it would decide
for itself what constituted 'decency'. According to the BBC News, the bureau announced
that magazines and newspapers that publish offensive material would face punishment
of up to six months' imprisonment. The move comes as an initiative to get the
younger generation of Sri Lankans to respect women and avoid treating them as
commodities. However, a human rights campaigner, Sunila Abeyesekera, described
the initiative as "scary and arbitrary" and alleged that the state was engaged
in moral policing of people's lives. She said the existing laws themselves were
not powerful enough to ensure child protection from labour exploitation and sexual
abuse. |
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