#Sri Lanka Cases

Sri LankaCases

Summoned for Questioning

Sabharatnam Sivayoganathan

21 September 2022

Human rights defender Sabharatnam Sivayoganathan summoned for questioning by the Counter-Terrorism Investigation Division

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Threats/Intimidation

Sasikaran Punniyamoorthy

Sasikaran Punniyamoorthy

14 September 2022

Threats & Intimidation against journalist Sasikaran Punniyamoorthy

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Asia Pacific

Released on bail

Lahiru Weerasekara

12 September 2022

Youth rights defender Lahiru Weerasekara released on bail

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Wasantha Mudalige

Reprisals against peaceful protesters including human rights defender Chintaka Rajapakse and education rights defender and student leader Wasantha Mudalige

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Released on bail

HRD Joseph Stalin released on bail

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Tharindhu Uduwaragedara

Tharindu Uduwaragedara

Human Rights Defender and journalist Tharindu Uduwaragedara interrogated by the Criminal Investigation Department

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Kanapathipillai Kumanan

Human rights defender and journalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan intimidated by police

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Asia Pacific

Released on Bail

Ven. Wekandawala Rahula Thero

Ven. Wekandawala Rahula Thero released on bail

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Judicial Harassment

21 February 2022

Human rights defender Pongiliya Gamage Shehan Malaka facing reprisals and legal persecution

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Asia Pacific

Released on Bail

Hejaaz Hizbullah

11 February 2022

HRD & lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah released on bail after 22 months of imprisonment

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Released on Bail

Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF)

26 November 2021

Arrest of Student Leaders Amid Widespread Protests

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

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