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Revision as of 23:20, 11 May 2021
Shakthika Sathkumara (Sinhala: ශක්ති සත්කුමාර;[1] born 1985/1986)[2] is a writer and civil servant from Sri Lanka.[3] In 2019, he published a short story that was said to insult Buddhism, which has led to legal case against him with Sathkumara facing up to 10 years in jail.[4][5][6] Organizations such as Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Amnesty International and PEN International have criticized the prosecution for infringing on Sathkumara's free speech rights.[7][3][8][9][10][11]
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- ^ https://sinhala.srilankamirror.com/news/19765-naw-sukkanama-ardha-haa-kammalweera
- ^ "Abuse of ICCPR Act has 'chilling effect' on fundamental freedoms". Sunday Observer. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Detention/Opinions/Session87/A_HRC_WGAD_2020_8_Advance_Edited_Version.pdf
- ^ Glauert, Rik (2 April 2019). "Sri Lanka arrests novelist for gay Buddhist monk story". Gay Star News. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "5 persecuted authors for Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2019". Deutsche Welle. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ journals, Ceylon (5 August 2019). "හාර මාසයකට පසු සම්මානලාභී ලේඛකකයාට ඇප". Ceylon News. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Document". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Sri Lanka: Drop investigation into award-winning writer Shakthika Sathkumara". PEN America. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Pompeo To Raise Issue of Human Rights During Visit to Sri Lanka". The Tennessee Tribune. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Sri Lankan novelist arrested over gay Buddhist monk story - UCA News". ucanews.com. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Jun 17, PTI /. "Sri Lanka abusing UN law to make arrests: Rights group - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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