Sri Lanka: unionist, lawyer and 14 others arrested for protesting
Event- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Initial Date
- Feb 11, 2023
- Event Description
The 18 arrested including All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC) Member of Parliament Selvarajah Kajendran have been released on bail.
Jaffna Magistrate’s Court today, February 12 released each of the 18 members on a personal bail of Rs. 300,000 each.
Furthermore, the Magistrate strongly warned them not to enter the high security zones and to respect court orders.
The group were arrested yesterday, February 11 for engaging in a protest in violation of court a order.
The court order was obtained by Police to prevent disruptions during President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to declare open the Jaffna Cultural Center built with Indian aid.
The monks have accused President Wickremesinghe of encouraging separatism by allowing for the implementation of the 13th amendment.
- Impact of Event
- 16
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- 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
- Labour rights defender
- Lawyer
- Minority rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 9.663653471727685
Longitude: 80.00476521951852
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 11 February 2023, Ceylon Teacher's Union organiser Theepan Tilishan, and 16 others, were arrested by the police for protesting against the presidential visit in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.