Sri Lanka: pro-democracy defender arrested again

Event
Country
  • Sri Lanka
Initial Date
Jun 26, 2023
Event Description

Civil Activist Piyath Nikeshala has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today.

It is reported that Piyath Nikeshala was arrested in connection to the incident of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s house being set on fire during the 2022 Sri Lanka protests.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Man
Violation
  • (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
Rights Concerned
  • Right to liberty and security
HRD
  • Pro-democracy defender
Perpetrator-State
  • Police
Source

Newswire

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 9.663463035789675

Longitude: 79.99748328032433

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 26 June 2023, pro-democracy defender Piyath Nikeshala, was arrested by the police possibly in retaliation for his human rights work in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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