I Stand With Yasmin



I Stand With Yasmin

More than 60 human rights organisations and 180 prominent individuals have signed the letter below supporting South African human rights lawyer, Yasmin Sooka, in the face of threats and vilification from the Sri Lankan Government.

 

Yasmin has been threatened by the head of Sri Lankan intelligence, Major General Suresh Sallay, with a law suit accusing her of conspiracy against the state in response to her work on behalf of victims.

 

Lawyers acting for the Major General have lodged formal complaints with the United Nations, accusing Yasmin of undermining transitional justice and reconciliation and falsely suggesting she is inciting terrorism.





To add your name, please email: istandwithyasmin@gmail.com 

Added signatories:

 

Felice Gaer, Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights


Kathryn Irwin


Umesh Bawa, Clinical Psychologist


Stuart Russell, Canadian lawyer, Australian law professor and administrative judge (retired)


Gill H. Boehringer, Former Dean, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University Law School


Hoosein Ismail, Community advocate and social justice activist

Harishaanth Sivarajan,  Student 

Brian Currin

Andrew Bannister 


 

ORGANIZATIONS


World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy (WFM/IGP)


People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL)


International Association of People's Lawyers


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