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HRCSL asks TID for report on Muslim poet

02 Apr 2021

  • Issues on due process, sanitary conditions

  In a letter to the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID), the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has ordered that a report on Mannar based poet Ahnaf Jazeem, be handed over to the HRCSL on or before 8 April regarding the various allegations that have arisen following his arrest last year. The letter by the HRCSL to the TID stated that following complaints filed by the Young Journalists Association (YJA), the TID must investigate into claims that the poet has been denied visits from his lawyers, that he was bitten by a rat while in detention, and that he is being subjected to an investigation that he was not originally apprehended for – a poetry book titled “Navarasam” which allegedly promoted extremist ideology. Following the arrest of Jazeem under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act (PTA) in May 2020, the YJA had written to the HRCSL on both 9 December 2020 and 29 March this year. “The TID is required to respond to the HRCSL’s request under the HRCSL Act, No. 21 of 1996,” Jazeem’s legal representation, Attorney-at-Law Sanjaya Wilson Jayasekera told The Morning yesterday (1). Meanwhile, Jayasekera also claimed that the HRCSL is yet to respond to the complaints filed by Jazeem’s family. The letter by Jayasekera to the HRCSL has noted that only after 10 months of requests following the arrest were Jayasekera and other legal representatives allowed to consult with Jazeem, and that too only for 19 minutes, in the presence of TID officers who tape recorded the conversation. Jayasekera has further noted that this was a violation of Jazeem’s right to proper legal access.  

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