Sri Lanka: social media activist arrested
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- May 31, 2023
- Event Description
Social media activist Bruno Divakara was arrested on Wednesday (31) by the Computer Crimes Investigations Division of the CID.
Police spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa said, Bruno Divakara was arrested for publishing comments made by Natasha Edirisooriya, which sparked controversy.
Bruno Divakara was informed to report to the Computer Crimes Investigations Division of the CID by 10 AM on Wednesday (31).
Sri Lanka Police said that a statement was recorded from him, and thereafter in the evening he was arrested.
- 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
- Blogger/ Social Media Activist
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 6.943908784804204
Longitude: 79.89856033636002
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 31 May 2023, social media activist, Bruno Divakara, was arrested by the police for commenting the arrest of a prominent comedian in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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