Sri Lanka: five arrested for peaceful protest
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Nov 24, 2023
- Event Description
Five people were arrested during a protest staged near the US Embassy in Colombo in support of Palestine.
A heavy Police security net was placed around the Embassy as a group of people gathered and protested against the US Government’s support to Israel during the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
The protesters shouted slogans against the US and carried placards.
According to reports, some of the protesters attempted to burn a photograph of the US President resulting in a heated exchange between the Police and the protesters.
The Police arrested three protesters and took them to the Colpetty Police Station.
Subsequently, two more protesters who entered the Colpetty Police Station were also arrested.
- Impact of Event
- 5
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 6.931293355992094
Longitude: 79.85783090846726
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 24 November 2023, five community-based defenders were arrested by the police while holding a peaceful protest in support of Palestine in Colombo, Sri Lanka.