European Human Rights Ambassadors issue a statement on detained poet Ahnaf Jazeem News 08/06/2021 Updated: 08/06/2021 By Sri Lanka Brief Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestEmail Sri Lankan poet & teacher Ahnaf Jazeem has spent a year in arbitrary detention. Human Rights Ambassadors call for Sri Lanka’s government to issue his immediate release or uphold his right to a fair trial. TagsAccountabilityFreedom of expressionSri Lanka Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestEmail Archive June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 Latest news Features 39th Anniversary of the Verugal Massacre Commemorated in Trincomalee Sri Lanka Brief - 15/06/2025 News Arrest and detention of Mohamed Rusdi for sticker supporting Gaze: Public Security Ministry fined by HRCSL Sri Lanka Brief - 15/06/2025 News Controversy Over Land Seizures in Northern Provinces; Sumanthiran goes to SC Sri Lanka Brief - 15/06/2025 Features Open letter to Rights Commissioner Volker Turk from militarised North & East of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Brief - 14/06/2025 Related news Features 39th Anniversary of the Verugal Massacre Commemorated in Trincomalee Sri Lanka Brief - 15/06/2025 News Arrest and detention of Mohamed Rusdi for sticker supporting Gaze: Public Security Ministry fined by HRCSL Sri Lanka Brief - 15/06/2025 News Controversy Over Land Seizures in Northern Provinces; Sumanthiran goes to SC Sri Lanka Brief - 15/06/2025 Features Open letter to Rights Commissioner Volker Turk from militarised North & East of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Brief - 14/06/2025