Innocent people subjected to injustice as a result of language !
Journalist R. Jeevagan has brought to the attention of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka the human rights violations that have taken place during the filing of the charge sheet against a shepherd.
Mannar, Adampan, Andankulama. Jeevagan (32) had lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on March 6, 2022.
He said that when a person was arrested and later produced in court for allegedly entering cattle within the premises of the Wildlife Department, he filed a chargesheet regarding the felling of trees on the land belonging to the department and violated his human rights.
The complaint was lodged against the district officers of the Forest Resources Department and the Wildlife Department. According to the complaint, the incident took place on February 6, 2022 in the Sirunavatkulam area.
Mahu pointed out that language and administrative weaknesses contribute to such incidents. However, he emphasized that such incidents are more prevalent in the Mannar area and that many civilians are being targeted for extortion, especially with the aim of extorting money from innocent civilians.
Jeevagan, who has been a journalist for the past seven years, said it was “regrettable” that some government officials were seeking revenge against innocent civilians.
He further added that despite being aware of such human rights violations, they could not be made public and if so, the victims would be subjected to further repression, retaliation and intimidation. He said that many people were unable to present their case due to language issues, adding that journalists were being threatened for exposing such injustices to the public. He also pointed out that such problems arise especially when the news of sand mining and deforestation is brought closer to the public.
He called on the Human Rights Commission to take appropriate action in this regard and to intervene in such injustices to the public and seek justice.
– Journalist R. Jeevagan
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