Sri Lanka: WHRD vilified by anonymous posters
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Aug 30, 2023
- Event Description
Posters have been pasted in Batticaloa Town against Amalanayagi, the coordinator of the Association of Relatives of the Enforced Disappeared- Batticaloa District, who led the protest remembering the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on 30th August, in Batticaloa town. These posters pasted by unidentified persons said “come and join the rally to get dollars”, trivialising her activism as something done to gain financial benefits from the foreign countries, feeding to Sinhala nationalist discourse also supported by the state.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Vilification
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to protect reputation
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Unknown
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Unknown
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 7.7348817900956615
Longitude: 81.69281805319714
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 30 August 2023, Amalanayagi, coordinator of the Association of Relatives of the Enforced Disappeared-Batticaloa District, was vilified by posters affixed by uknown individuals for leading the protest remembering the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.