Sri Lankan Cases
Officer in Charge, Police Station Batticaloa v. Yogalingam and Sixteen others
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16642/MC
In this case Kuppuswamy Wijayan complained about the activities of some of the village people who were harassed and prevented the body from being buried because it was not a cemetery reserved for non-Roman Catholics.
FoRB related issue – Violence: non-physical
The case concluded with both parties agreeing to maintain the status quo until the GA (District Secretariat) gives a decision on the usage of the cemetery.
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