Arrested for posting Prabhakaran’s photo on face book
Wijayadasa, a resident of Vakarai, has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission alleging that the police had arrested him for posting a photograph of LTTE leader Prabhakaran on his Facebook page.
Deva Adiran, a Batticaloa journalist who claims to have been arrested by the Vakarai Police, has lodged the complaint against the Police Department and the Ministry of Defense.
The arrest took place on November 11, 2020, and was driven by national and political policy.
It appears that such incidents, which affect the freedom of expression, are being subtly planned and carried out by the security forces. Such arrests are especially common in the North and East during the month of November, which is Heroes’ Day. It is a blatant violation of human rights for the security forces to violate such human rights on the internet and on social media, and the continued monitoring of such activities by the security forces calls into question the extent to which freedom exists in the country.
Threatening and arresting innocent civilians and journalists, claiming that it is an act of reviving an organization banned by the state, is a gross violation of human rights as a whole and requires an end to such barbaric acts targeting only one nation.
– Journalist Deva Adiran
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