Shakthika Sathkumara
Shakthika Sathkumara (Sinhala: ශක්ති සත්කුමාර;[1] born 1985/1986) is a writer and civil servant from Sri Lanka.[2] In 2019, he published a short story that was said to insult Buddhism, which has led to legal case against him.[3] 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.[4][2][5][6]
References
- ^ https://sinhala.srilankamirror.com/news/19765-naw-sukkanama-ardha-haa-kammalweera
- ^ a b https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Detention/Opinions/Session87/A_HRC_WGAD_2020_8_Advance_Edited_Version.pdf
- ^ 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.