Sri Lanka: pro-democracy HRD arrested for publishing phone call recording
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Jan 29, 2024
- Event Description
Social media activist Piyath Nikeshala has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department, police said.
He was reportedly arrested after being summoned before the CID to obtain a statement over publishing a recorded telephone conversation between Public Security Minister Tiran Alles and another social media activist on his YouTube channel.
Piyath Nikeshala was also arrested on June last year over the live streaming on social media of the incident of burning President Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo on July 09, 2022
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Online
- Right to liberty and security
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 6.925551729846201
Longitude: 79.87925795660165
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 29 January 2024, pro-democracy defender Piyath Nikeshala, was arrested by the police for publishing a recorded phone call between a social media activist and Public Security Minister Tiran Alles in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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