Sri Lanka: Release of Mr Ruki Fernando and Rev Praveen Mahesan

March 19, 2014

On Monday 17 March, I reported on a clampdown on human rights defenders in Sri Lanka which looked very much like reprisals (https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/sri-lanka-champion-retaliator-against-human-rights-defenders/). Fortunately, Front Line Defenders reports today that the human rights defenders Ruki Fernando and Reverend Praveen Mahesan were released from detention. They had been detained on 16 March 2014 when visiting the Killinochchi district after the arrest of human rights defender Ms Balendran Jayakumari. She remains in detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/25400).

This entry was posted on March 19, 2014 at 18:10 and is filed under Front Line, Human Rights Defenders.

Tags: AHRC, anti-terrorist laws, Balendran Jayakumari, Forced disappearance, Front Line (NGO), Front Line Defenders, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, illegal detention, reprisals, Reverend Praveen Mahesan, Ruki Fernando, Sri Lanka, UN Human Rights Council

One Response to “Sri Lanka: Release of Mr Ruki Fernando and Rev Praveen Mahesan”

Sri Lanka releases prominent human rights defender on bail | Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders Says:

March 11, 2015 at 11:27
[…] So, maybe things are slowly changing in the right direction in Sri Lanka. On Tuesday 10 March, human rights defender, Balendran Jeyakumari, arrested 13 March last year, was released on bail. [https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/sri-lanka-release-of-mr-ruki-fernando-and-rev-praveen-mahes…] […]

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