Sri Lanka: civil servant protest met with teargas, water cannons
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Oct 24, 2023
- Event Description
Sri Lanka's Education Ministry has expressed regret over the attack on the protest launched by school teachers and principals in Pelawatte, Battaramulla, on Tuesday.
The Education Ministry said that such an incident taking place at a time when teachers, and principals were seeking solutions to their issues, was regrettable.
A statement added that the incident took place when the Education Minister was overseas for a conference, and it added that the Minister had expressed his apology to the teachers and principals who were severely inconvenienced by it.
On Tuesday afternoon, school teachers, principals, and advisors engaged in a protest march, citing several demands.
Sri Lanka police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Public Servant
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 6.90238846500953
Longitude: 79.91960726524397
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 24 October 2023, civil servants including teachers and principals were met with with teargas, water cannons by the police for staging a protest in Battaramulla, Sri Lanka.