Dear
Colleagues and
friends,
At around 10.05 pm
tonight, several of his friends and colleagues received a text message
from prominent Human Rights Activist, Ruki and Father Praveen have been detained at the killnochchi
police station, apparently on suspicion of a shooting. Later, Ruki
informed a colleague via text, that he and father Praveen were being
questioned separately.
A
lawyer who called the Killinochchi police station, was informed that no
such persons were arrested by the Killinochchi police or being held at
the police station. However the police said that two persons had been
arrested by a specially appointed unit of the TID and were being held at
a separate location in Killinochchi.
Another
lawyer who spoke to the OIC Killinochchi was informed that Ruki and
Praveen were being questioned and a decision regarding their continued
detention would be made in the morning. This directly contradicts the
version in the para above.
We don't know the details of arrest or the facts leading up to it. We are very concerned for their safety.
Fred Carver
Campaign Director
The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice
skype: fred_carver
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