Sri Lanka: pro-democracy student arrested
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Jul 27, 2022
- Event Description
An activist of the Inter-University Students Union and the 'GotaGoGama’, Anthony Veranga Pushpika has been arrested by the Colombo South Divisional Crime Detective Bureau (DCDB) today in connection with causing damages to public property during a recent protest near the Police Headquarters.
It was reported on social media that the activist who was returning on a bus after taking part in a demonstration in Colombo had been forcibly taken away by an unidentified group in a blue coloured jeep in Fort.
However, the OIC of the Colombo South Division said there was no truth in him being abducted. He said the police had taken him into custody and he will be produced in court by the Fort Police.
Veranga Pushpika was also the former President of Ruhunu Maha Shishya Sangamaya.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to Protest
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Student
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 6.933015167088483
Longitude: 79.85148313704757
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 27 July 2022, Anthony Veranga Pushpika, pro-democracy student, was arrested by the police on false charges related to his role in the ongoing anti-government protests in Colombo, Sri Lanka.