Arbitrary Detention

Statement by H.E. Mr. A. L. A. Azeez, Ambassador / Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka. 12 September 2018. Mr. President, Sri Lanka is pleased to join this clustered ID with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) and the WG on Arbitrary Detention. We avail of this opportunity to share the views of the Government of Sri […]

Image: Welikada prison, Colombo, Sri Lanka ( AI photo) GENEVA (29 November 2017) – A three-member delegation from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will carry out an official visit to Sri Lanka from 4 to 15 December 2017 to assess the country’s situation regarding the deprivation of liberty. José Antonio Guevara Bermúdez, Leigh […]

Jayakumari A Statement from The Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearances Today, as the United Nations commemorates the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) reiterates its strong condemnation against the arbitrary arrest and detention of Balendran […]

Ruki Fernando with his lawyers (BBC sandesha photo) Human Rights Organizations or Activists are NOT above the LAW The arrests and detention of Mr. Ruki Fernando and Father Praveen has generated wide coverage demanding their immediate release on the premise that they were human rights activists. What needs to be clearly established is that Sri […]

Sri Lanka: Free Prominent Rights Defenders [1] The arbitrary arrest and detention of prominent human rights defenders is an attempt to silence criticism and divert the spotlight from ongoing abuses, leading global and Asian human rights monitors said today in a joint statement.  The statement was issued by Amnesty International, Forum Asia, Human Rights Watch, […]

vanni post.com NYT/ GARDINER HARRIS and DHARISHA BASTIANSMARCH NEW DELHI — Fears of a broad crackdown against rights activists in Sri Lanka have been heightened after the Sri Lankan police recently arrested two prominent human rights advocates and a woman who has made a public campaign of finding her missing son.The arrests took place just […]

We reprodse an news item form state controlled Daily news which is full of lies. Ruki Fernando and Fr, Praveen have never been prominent activists of the National Peace Council (NPC) – SLB NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL TIGER LINKS BARED –  Prominent NPC activists in TID custody -Close contacts with LTTE faction trying to revive Eelam […]

17th March 2014/ Press ReleaseThe Free Media Movement (FMM) unequivocally condemns the arrest of Ruki Fernand of INFORM, Human Rights Documents Centre, Colombo and Rev. Fr. Praveen Mahesan, former  Director of the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (CPR), Jaffna  by the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) of the Sri Lanka Police. The FMM strongly calls on […]

JDS photo The arrest in Sri Lanka of Rev. Fr. Proveen and Ruki FernandoWe the Catholics of the entire Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna, comprising of Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Jaffna Districts are sad and perturbed to know from the media that Reverend Father Proveen Mahesan, resident at Amathipuram, an Oblate settlement and Rukki Fernando a […]

Fr. Praveen The United States has called on the Government to ensure the due legal process is provided to human rights activists Ruki Fernando and Reverend Father Praveen after they were arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) last night. The US Embassy in Colombo said that the US Government is concerned over the […]

Ruki Fernando: Two human right activists arrested by the Terrorist Investigation Unit (TID) of Sri Lanka police last night have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Police media spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said Ruki Fernando, who works for Rights Now Collective for Democracy and a Catholic priest, Father Praveen have been detained […]

Ruki Fernando- A well known HRD Sri Lanka Brief Alert /Issued at 19.00 GMT 16 March 2014 At around 10.05 pm Sri Lanka time on Sunday 06thMarch 2014 , we were informed by  Ruki Fernando, from  his mobile number 00 94 77387416000 94 773874160 stating that Ruki and Rev. Praveen have been detained at the […]

Nimalka Fernanda: We are talking about men, women and children whose lives are at risk or in danger. Thank you Mr. President,  This is a joint statement made by IMADR, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada and Pasumathai India. We appreciate the new mechanism of UPR. Nevertheless the negotiation process has given rise to reducing the impact […]

Arbitrary Detention in Sri Lanka[1] In 1983, at the outbreak of the civil war in Sri Lanka, the International Commission of Jurists concluded that Sri Lanka’s abuses of prisoners constituted a “systematic” and “almost universal” practice;[2] that year, for example, 53 Tamil inmates were killed by Sinhalese guards at the Welikada high security prison.[3] Thirty […]