SRI LANKA: Life of Human Rights Defender in Danger

Wednesday February 29, 2012

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Herman Kumara

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - The head of the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement of Sri Lanka, Herman Kumara, founding members of the Platform for Freedom in Sri Lanka, collaborated with more than 160 civil society organizations and trade unions across the country to create an organization responding to the needs of the people. The Platform for Freedom gave voice to those who wanted to express disagreement against oppressive government policies.

Mr. Kumara arrived in Sri Lanka several days ago following an international conference in Rome, Italy. Shortly after his arrival, he noticed that he was being followed by a group of people in a van with the registration 301-2865; this of course is potentially synonymous with the notorious 'White Van' disappearances which Sri Lanka has become internationally noted for. The suspicious behavior of the group led him to believe that he was in danger of being abducted. Herman Kumara is currently in hiding.

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The world has its own set of laws that were agreed upon by the ruling nations in 1948, and many people are not aware of this simple fact. At the root of the concept of world citizenry itself, is the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an overriding and supreme law that ensures many essential human rights that governments today fail to observe. Also central to any hope of human success, is the understanding of the human hierarchy of needs, as defined by Abraham Maslow- more information on this at the conclusion of this entry. We must use the Internet as a tool of justice at every junction, and we need to assist all human beings, everywhere, and not allow cultural, racial or religious preferences as determiners.

In this appeal, William Gomes contacts Mr. N K Illangakoon, the Inspector General of Police, New Secretariat, in Colombo, and he cited that he also contacted the Special Rapporteure on Situation of Human Rights Defenders and Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions on this regard: asking for urgent intervention to ensure that authorities get to the bottom of allegations of the imminent threat to life and abduction of Herman Kumara, by determining who the people are behind the threats against this noted activist, and

prosecuting them under the criminal law of the country.Read Full Article