Harassment due to human rights activities!
Human Rights Activist Bharathidasan – Batticaloa
Mr. Bharathidasan (64), a resident of Batticaloa, has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) alleging that he was being harassed by the security forces for engaging in human rights activities.
Many have stated in the complaint that he, as the head of the NGO Inayami in Batticaloa, was being questioned about his human rights activities during the period 2019-2021.
He had lodged the complaint against the Batticaloa ASP and the officer in charge of investigations at 15/4 Adhikar Road, Batticaloa.
He added that investigations and threats during his tenure as head of the NGO were still ongoing.
He said that the incident of human rights violations took place on November 06, 2019 and pointed out that the reason for these actions of the security forces was their involvement in human rights activities. He says this is a major problem facing human rights activists.
Mr. Bharathidasan pointed out that constant searches and interrogations as well as various pressures from the security forces were a major obstacle to his work, and stressed that the security forces believed that repression of human rights activists could prevent the revelation of human rights abuses. He also said that this was not good for Sri Lanka, which was showing the international community that it respects human rights.
Through this complaint, he has demanded that the Human Rights Commission take appropriate action to ensure that the intelligence services do not interfere in the activities of human rights activists in the future.
Human Rights Activist Bharathidasan – Batticaloa
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