Denial of the right to information!
K Suriyakumari (45) a resident of Trincomalee, has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka stating that the use of the Right to Information Act has been obstructed.
The complaint was lodged by a resident of 39/8, Tamil School Street, Chinakuda, based on a human rights violation that took place on December 19, 2021 in the village of Tennamaravadi.
The Kuchchaveli Police, including the Kuchchaveli Pradeshiya Sabha in the Trincomalee District, have filed a complaint against the area.
“When I went to get information about the Tennamaravadi village in the Kuchchaveli Divisional Secretariat, I could not get the information because the police intervened and obstructed me,” he said.
She points out that the reason for avoiding such information is racial as well as linguistic discrimination.
She added that at present the security of journalists is at a minimum and that the authorities are deliberately obstructing access to information from the public.
Authorities are taking various measures against the use of the Freedom of Information Act. This is also an act against human beings who are a violation of human rights.
– Journalist Suriyakumari
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