Sri Lanka: pro-democracy defender arrested while attempting to leave the country, remanded in prison
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Jul 26, 2022
- Event Description
Gota Go Gama activist Dhaniz Ali, who forcibly entered the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on 13th July, was arrested inside a plane at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while attempting to leave the country.
Airport officials asked the activist to leave the aircraft but he refused to do so.
He refused to disembark and protested inside the plane and got the support of some passengers.
The Police later boarded the plane and removed him with the support of airport officers.
He was taken to the Police for further questioning.
Dhaniz Ali was set to leave for Dubai at the time of the arrest.
Gota Go Gama protester Dhaniz Ali has pleaded guilty of using a mobile phone in prison.
The Prisons Department said that
Dhaniz Ali has been sentenced to another 14 days imprisonment and transferred to the Welikada Prison from the new Magazine Prison.
Dhaniz Ali was arrested inside a plane at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on 26th July.
Ali was arrested for forcibly entering the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on 13th July.
Airport officials asked the activist to leave the aircraft but he refused to do so.
He refused to disembark and protested inside the plane and got the support of some passengers.
The Police later boarded the plane and removed him with the support of airport officers.
- 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
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 6.936987388750008
Longitude: 79.85227678556613
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 26 July 2022, Dhaniz Ali, pro-democracy defender, was arrested by the police while leaving the country, for his role in the anti-government protests, and then remanded to prison by the Prison Department at the International Airport of Colombo, Sri Lanka.