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Salley to lodge complaint at HRCSL: Claims his arrest was unlawful

06 Jan 2022

Mohammed Azath Salley, former Governor and leader of the National Unity Alliance is to lodge a complaint at the Human Rights Commission of SriLanka (HRCSL) againts his arrest which took place on 16 March 2021, claiming that it was unlawful. The complaint is due to be lodged today (06) Salley was arrested on the 16th of March and was remanded for 9 months until his release on the 2nd of December 2021, when he was acquitted from all charges by the Colombo High Court. Salley was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR) Act. The reasoning for his arrest was that he had made a controversial statement at a media briefing on the 9th of March 2021 which allegedly aimed to create disharmony among communities.


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