Intl Task Force to Support Muslims in Sri Lanka - a project of @JFAorg
Joined January 2021
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She’s going to be so proud of you when she learns Hejaaz’s daughter, just a year older than her, hasn’t met her own father yet.❤️
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Also, let's remember on this day all the children who have a parent illegally or arbitrarily detained by the #PTA in Sri Lanka. Recently I met an 11-year old who had offered to exchange places with her father whom she had not seen in 2 years. #EveryChildMatters
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Why global human rights should matter to election candidates & how Federal leaders can dedicate foreign policy platforms to global peace? With Alex Neve (Amnesty), Dr. Monia Mazigh (Author) & Fareed Khan (Canadians United Against Hate). Sun, Sep 12th.
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"60k to 100k people from ethnic & religious communities have “disappeared" in #SriLanka. Victims are believed to be abducted, tortured, killed by government security forces & units operating under political and military leaders." - @mg2411 @SLTaskForce
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Please join us this Saturday at 3pm EST
It's the 4th Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide.
There are 1 million displaced Rohingya in Bangladesh including 600,000 children.
#STANDWITHROHINGYA
Register here
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We just received the news that Hejaaz has been vaccinated!
Vaccination of prison inmates commences - Breaking News | Daily Mirror dailymirror.lk/breaking_news…
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*Tonight*
Abuse of Indigenous #Kashmiris is a little known issue. Join tonight's program discussing discrimination & violence sponsored by the Indian regime in #Kashmir (7 pm EST).
Please register below. justiceforall.org/aug5
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Revisit Hefraz Hizbullah's touching recollection of his brother Hejaaz. From their days growing up together re-enacting 'Robin Hood' to Hejaaz's time at law college. #SriLanka #LKA #PTA #Justice4Hejaaz
groundviews.org/2020/08/27/m…
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Human Rights Commission of SL summons the Valaichenai police for an inquiry/investigation in respect of the complaint lodged against unlawful arrest and detention of journalist Kokilan Thasan, to be held today (30 July) morning at HRCSL Batticaloa office. #freeKokilan #FreeAhnaf
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After 93 days of detention, 5 Tamils released with no charge
The Tamils were detained under Sri Lanka's draconian PTA for allegedly 'trying to recreate the LTTE'. The PTA has been disproportionately used to target Tamils and has been linked to torture.
tamilguardian.com/content/af…
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නීතිඥ හිජාස් හිස්බුල්ලා, පාස්කු ප්රහාරක ඉන්ශාෆ් අහමඩ්ට අනුබල දීමේ චෝදනාව පොලිසිය ඉවත්කරගත්තේ ඇයි?
“Release #Hejaaz Hizbullah and others denied due process under #abusive #law,” say #HumanRights groups
bbc.in/3yirUfO
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//Do they read poetry in the AG’s Department? If they did, it would take at an hour at best to conclude that Jaseem’s anger is not incitement, deep religiosity is not a joint conspiracy and a yearning for divine retribution not a plan of violence// ft.lk/columns/Poetry-in-the-…
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யாழ்ப்பாணம் ஜின்னா மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற்ற ஹஜ்ஜுப் பெருநாள் தொழுகை
jaffnamuslim.com/2021/07/blo…
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#EidAdhaMubarak to all celebrating today.
For the second year, we are missing @hejaazh 's joyous presence on Eid. We spend a sad & lonely Eid, reading about how he suffers emotional & psychological torture in prison.
Spare a prayer for #JusticeForHejaaz & a post to #FreeHejaaz
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She is going to spend her second festival without her father; whom she never got to know, because of injustice and racism, but together we will keep fighting.
Drop the charges and #FreeHejaaz immediately!
#JusticeForHejaaz @Justice4Hejaaz
Amnesty International has declared Hejaaz Hizbullah a Prisoner of Conscience. He has been targeted for his work as a lawyer of the Muslim faith, and must be freed. Join us in our campaign to #FreeHejaaz.
#JusticeForHejaaz
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Correction: Hejaaz & Mr. Shakeel have not been charged with aiding abetting an Easter Sunday bomber. They have been charged under Section 2(1) (h) of the PTA and
Section 3(1) of the ICCPR, which are related to hate speech.
SriLankaTaskForce retweeted
Journalists were barred from covering the court proceedings of lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah when his case was taken up yesterday at the Puttalam High Court, @MediaLkcom reported.
He has been in detention for over a year under the #PTA.
#LKA #SriLanka @Justice4Hejaaz
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Ask Shaykh Hasina @MdShahriarAlam to #LetRohingyaLearn Sign the petition burmataskforce.org/letrohing…
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@hejaazh encouraged me to keep pressing forward. His positive outlook, kindness & willingness to help changed my perceptions. The cruel irony is that today, he languishes in prison as a victim of the very campaign of disinformation he boldly fought against. @Justice4Hejaaz
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“Interrogation of #SriLankan journalist Selvakumar Nilanthan, including demands for access to his social media & bank accounts, adds to the pattern of harassment of #Tamil members of the press & needs to stop immediately.” Steven Butler - CPJ Asia
cpj.org/2021/07/sri-lankan-a…