Sri Lanka: students groups prevented from staging a protest
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Aug 22, 2024
- Event Description
The Maligakanda Magistrate's Court has issued a restraining order to prevent a protest organized by the Union of Associate Health Science Graduates and the Inter-University Student's Federation, which was scheduled for today.
The order was granted following a request from the OIC of Maradana Police, based on intelligence that was received.
The court's order prohibits protestors from gathering around the Health Ministry between 10 am and 9 pm, blocking surrounding highways and sidewalks, and entering the Health Ministry premises.
- Impact of Event
- 2
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Administrative Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Student
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 6.937364311781008
Longitude: 79.85775059164447
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 22 August 2024, the students' groups Union of Associate Health Science Graduates and the Inter-University Student's Federation were prevented from staging a planned protest by an order of the Maligakanda Magistrate's Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka.