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3 men who were inmates with me at Ward H, New Magazine Prison went home recently having been acquitted of all charges by the Colombo High Court.
They spent 16 years behind bars as detainees and remand prisoners under the PTA.
#RepealPTA#SriLanka
“It appears to be a witch hunt..They are hunting people for minor infractions to crush dissent, while people who are responsible for war crimes, for massive corruption, for bringing the country to its knees are able to just continue business as usual.” https://t.co/9N0TEh2SvE
This document (maintained by @Amaliniii) is now updated with some new urgent calls to support community kitchens, four run by factory workers in the Katunayake Free Trade Zone, plus a fifth for villages in Welioya. Bank details at the top of the doc!
https://t.co/b6HL04Mcvq
‘Authoritarian (in)efficiency & the undermining of democracy in Sri Lanka’-my article on how an authoritarian leader gains public support. Focuses on informal systems which are created when formal systems don’t work & discusses how it undermines democracy. https://t.co/SGDNRKDWxO
5.45am near the IOC Horton place fuel shed. If this Colombo 7, I’ll leave you to imagine the state of the rest of the country.
Yes, imagine, because we’re effectively in self-imposed lockdown these days, unable to get around much to bear witness ourselves.
Pics:@artanoma