Sri Lanka: court bars community protest
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Feb 21, 2024
- Event Description
The Fort Magistrate's Court issued an order barring the National Assets Protection Movement from entering and holding protests at several key locations in Colombo, including the Ceramic Junction.
The order was made after considering the submissions made by the Fort Police OIC.
The court order specifically prohibits the National Assets Protection Movement and its representatives from: blocking access to the Ceramic Junction, NSK Roundabout, Baladaksha Mawatha, and Galle Road.
They are also barred from entering the premises of the Ministry of Finance, the President's Office, and the Central Bank.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Administrative Harassment
- Restrictions on Movement
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of movement
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 6.9375550225659355
Longitude: 79.85634122030037
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 21 February 2024, the community-based movement National Assets Protection Movement was barred from staging a planned protest by the Fort Magistrate's Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka.