Sri Lanka: pro-democracy defender detention prolonged (Update)

Event
Country
  • Sri Lanka
Initial Date
Aug 12, 2022
Event Description

Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage on Friday (12) ordered to remand Aragalaya activist Dhaniz Ali and three others until the 26th of August.

The suspects were recently arrested for unlawfully entering the President's House and causing damage to its property.

The Fort Police requested the court to remand the suspects and the investigations into the incident is on going.

The Magistrate thereby ordered for the suspects to be remanded until the 26th of August.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Man
Violation
  • (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
  • Judicial Harassment
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of assembly
  • Freedom of expression
    • Offline
  • Right to liberty and security
  • Right to Protest
HRD
  • Labour rights defender
Perpetrator-State
  • Judiciary
Source

News 1st

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 6.933707252516236

Longitude: 79.85026875063397

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 12 August 2022, Dhaniz Ali, detained pro-democracy defender, had his detention until end of the month due to pending investigation on his role in the anti-government protests by the competent magistrate in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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