Sri Lanka: pro-democracy defender arrested upon returning to the country
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Jan 5, 2023
- Event Description
Randimal Gamage, a frontline activist of the ‘Aragalaya’ protest movement, was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning (05 Jan.).
Gamage was arrested at the BIA, Katunayake, upon his arrival from the United Arab Emirates over the incident where a group of anti-government protesters illegally entered the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) in July last year, Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said.
On 13 July 2022, anti-government protesters stormed into the state-owned media institution, forcing them to suspend transmission for a short period of time.
Meanwhile, former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has too, arrived in the island this morning, after holidaying in Dubai, UAE.
- 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
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 7.077124234033401
Longitude: 79.88629621495356
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 5 January 2023, Randimal Gamage, pro-democracy defender, was arrested by the police upon arrival at the Bandaranaike International Airport for his actions during the anti-government protests in 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.