{"id":202198,"date":"2019-06-01T23:36:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T18:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=202198"},"modified":"2019-06-02T00:06:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T18:36:53","slug":"racist-lawyers-refuse-to-appear-on-behalf-of-muslim-arrestees-sri-lankas-human-rights-commission-urges-basl-to-take-urgent-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/racist-lawyers-refuse-to-appear-on-behalf-of-muslim-arrestees-sri-lankas-human-rights-commission-urges-basl-to-take-urgent-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Racist Lawyers Refuse To Appear On Behalf Of Muslim Arrestees; Sri Lanka&#8217;s Human Rights Commission Urges BASL To Take Urgent Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has written to Bar Association President, President\u2019s Counsel Kalinga Indatissa raising concern regarding some members of regional Bar Associations such as Mawanella and Badulla, who have refused to appear on behalf of Muslim arrestees taken into custody in the backdrop of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Easter+Sunday\"><strong>Easter Attacks<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>HRCSL Chairman Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Deepika+Udagama\"><strong>Deepika Udagama<\/strong><\/a>, in a letter to BASL President has noted therefore, the family members of arrestees have been forced to seek legal assistance from lawyers in other regions, resulting in them being burdened with a higher financial cost midst hardships and inconveniences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was also observed that members of the Nikaweratiya Bar had protested when Police had requested court not to grant bail to those arrested on suspicion of participating in the communal violence perpetrated on May 13th in some parts of the country,&#8221; Dr. Udagama further states in her letter, raising serious concerns about racial prejudice in some members of the bar.<\/p>\n<p>Pointing out these actions are in clear contradiction of the ethical and honorable conduct, the HRCSL Chairman has called upon Mr. Indatissa to take urgent corrective measures.<\/p>\n<p>We public below the letter below in full:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Bar-Association-of-Sri-Lanka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-202199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Bar-Association-of-Sri-Lanka.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Bar-Association-of-Sri-Lanka.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Bar-Association-of-Sri-Lanka-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Bar-Association-of-Sri-Lanka-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Bar-Association-of-Sri-Lanka-791x1024.jpg 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":201107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Racist Lawyers Refuse To Appear On Behalf Of Muslim Arrestees; 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