Judge’s absence causes postponement of Jeyakumari case

Jun 7, 2014

A case filed against Balendran Jeyakumari and her daughter Vipoosika, for allegedly sheltering a member of the LTTE, has been postponed after the presiding judge failed to appear in court.

Disappearances campaigner Jeyakumari and her 13-year old daughter Vipoosika were both detained by the Sri Lankan security forces on the 13th of March 2014 at their home in Tharmapuram. Since then, Jeyakumari has been held at the infamous Boosa camp in the south of the island.

Despite protests calling for their release, the Sri Lankan government has refused.

See more from the Uthayan (in Tamil) here.

See our earlier posts:

MoD orders 18 day detention, Jeyakumari makes statement to judge (16 March 2014)

SL Army accuses Ananthi Sasitharan of making 'misleading' statements over Jeyakumari-Vipoosika arrest (15 Mar 2014)

Tamils protest in Vavuniya against detention of Jeyakumari and Vipoosika (15 Mar 2014)

BTF: Arrest of disappearances campaigner underscores need for strong UNHRC resolution(14 Mar 2014)

SL Foreign Minister dismisses concern over arrest of disappearances campaigner and daughter (14 Mar 2014)

TNA condemns arrest of Tamil activist, govt trying to 'send a message' says MP (14 Mar 2014)

‘This is a serious threat' warned detained Tamil campaigner in interview to C4 last month(14 Mar 2014)

Heavy military presence in Vanni (14 Mar 2014)

Detained Tamil campaigner held under PTA act by TDI (14 Mar 2014) 

Tamils fearful after disappearances campaigner and daughter arrested by SL police (13 Mar 2014) 

Tamil 'Disappearances' campaigner and 13y daughter held by Sri Lankan military (13 Mar 2014)


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