Sri Lanka: defenders blocked from entering Colombo
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Oct 2, 2023
- Event Description
The Fort Magistrate's Court issued an order on several activists, including Duminda Nagamuwa, and Venerable Galwewa Siridhamma Thero preventing them from entering certain locations in Colombo.
The order was issued following submissions made to court by the OIC of the Fort Police.
The order by the Fort Magistrate's Court prevents eight people, including the Covenor of the Inter-University Student's Federation Madushan Indrajith, Inter-University Bhikku Federation Venerable Galwewa Siridhamma Thero, Organizer of the Labour Struggle Center Duminda Nagamuwa, General Secretary of the Ceylon Teachers' Union, and those accompanying them, from entering certain areas in Colombo from 11 AM to 6 PM.
The prohibited areas are the President's Office, Ceramic Junction to the NSA Roundabout, and the NSA Roundabout to Baladaksha Mawatha.
The court order notes that the said individuals are prohibited from entering the said areas, should not cause damage to public and private property, and should also not engage in acts that incite the people.
- Impact of Event
- 3
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Administrative Harassment
- Restrictions on Movement
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of movement
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- HRD
- Labour rights defender
- Pro-democracy defender
- Student
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 6.9414617137259125
Longitude: 79.86829103340469
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 2 October 2023, at least three defenders including student leader Madushan Indrajith, pro-democracy defender Venerable Galwewa Siridhamma Thero, and labour rights defender Duminda Nagamuwa were barred from entering Colombo based on an order by the Fort Magistrate upon request of the police as result of their work in Colombo, Sri Lanka.