Sri Lanka: pro-democracy actress arrested
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Sep 6, 2022
- Event Description
Actress Damitha Abeyratne was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division on Wednesday (7) evening at Diyatha Uyana in Battaramulla.
Sri Lanka Police said that she was arrested for unlawfully entering the President's Office during the recent protests in July 2022.
Police added that she will be handed over to the Fort Police for further investigations.
Actress Damitha Abeyratne is expected to be produced in court on Thursday (8).
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- 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
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 6.933294168766527
Longitude: 79.85444418511157
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 7 September 2022, Damitha Abeyrathne, pro-democracy actress, was arrested by the police for allegedly unlawfully entering the Prime Minister residence when taking part to the pro-democracy protests in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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