Lawsuit against publication of news articles is a violation of media freedom!
Aliyar Mohamed (45), a resident of Trincomalee, has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) alleging that the police had filed a case against him for making false news reports related to a priest’s tiktok video.
He resides at 26/1, Saradha Street, Trincomalee and works as a local journalist for the mainstream media and has lodged a complaint against former Uppuveli Police OIC Dayan.
A case has been filed in the Trincomalee Magistrate’s Court alleging that the Uppuveli OIC had summoned him for questioning following a report that a priest had been arrested for publishing a false video on the distribution of goods through the Tiktok application during the travel restrictions imposed by Kovid. The date on which the case was filed in the complaint is 2022.05.25.
The complaint states that this human rights violation took place on 05.02.2021 and that the news articles published in Hiru, Derana and Swarnavagini are evidence.
Journalist Aliyar Mohamed
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