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Monday, April 20, 2015
SRI LANKA: A journalist remanded in Jaffna for merely translating and publishing a story
April 20, 2015
ISSUES: Freedom of expression; impunity; rule of law
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Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. S. E. Logathayalan, a journalist working for the ‘Uthayan’ and the ‘Thinakkural’ Newspapers in Jaffna was remanded on 8th (Wednesday), April 2015, on orders of the Acting Magistrate, Point Pedro for a period of 09 days. The Magistrate had issued the order following a report submitted by police officers attached to the Nelliyadi Police Station. On 8th April 2015, the Mr. Logathayalan had earlier translated a news item from a popular English language news website, alleging an attempted rape of young girl, by a police officer attached to the Nelliyadi Police station - into Tamil and had published the story in the ‘Uthayan’ Newspaper. Following the publication of the this news, the Editor and Mr. Logathayalan have been summoned to appear before the Nelliyadi Police Station and later produced before the Acting Magistrate of Point Pedro who had remanded Mr. Logathayalan till 17th of April 2015.
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Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. S. E. Logathayalan, a journalist working for the ‘Uthayan’ and the ‘Thinakkural’ Newspapers in Jaffna was remanded on 8th (Wednesday), April 2015, on orders of the Acting Magistrate, Point Pedro for a period of 09 days. The Magistrate had issued the order following a report submitted by police officers attached to the Nelliyadi Police Station. On 8th April 2015, the Mr. Logathayalan had earlier translated a news item from a popular English language news website, alleging an attempted rape of young girl, by a police officer attached to the Nelliyadi Police station - into Tamil and had published the story in the ‘Uthayan’ Newspaper. Following the publication of the this news, the Editor and Mr. Logathayalan have been summoned to appear before the Nelliyadi Police Station and later produced before the Acting Magistrate of Point Pedro who had remanded Mr. Logathayalan till 17th of April 2015.
