Lohan GunaweeraJan 19, 2022

Sri Lankan poet Ahnaf Jazeem has spoken to media for the first time since he was finally granted bail after languishing in custody for over 18 months.

"TID officers said I’m a terrorist because I didn’t own Buddhist books" "... "I spent a total of five months and four days at the TID. Even while I was sleeping, my hand was cuffed to the leg of a table, for a total period of about five months (at the TID)."

READ: https://www.themorning.lk/tid-officers-said-im-a-terrorist-because-i-didnt-own-buddhist-books-ahnaf-jazeem/

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TID officers said I’m a terrorist because I didn’t own Buddhist books: Ahnaf Jazeem - The Morning - Sri Lanka News

Former PTA detainee poet : says they threatened to detain him for 20 years if he did not sign a confession BY Pamodi Waravita  Ahnaf Jazeem, a poet and teacher from the East of Sri Lanka, was arrested in May 2020 under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act No.[...]

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Lohan GunaweeraJan 7, 2022

Poet and teacher Ahnaf Jazeem complains to Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) against Colombo Remand Prison(CRP) for illegal custody https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sru31v

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Lohan GunaweeraDec 15, 2021

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Lohan GunaweeraDec 15, 2021

Extremely harsh bail conditions have been imposed on the poet including three sureties of Rs.500,000/- each! Due to technicalities he has to spend yet another night in prison. Authorities continue to treat him as a major suspect. Read:
https://twitter.com/sanjayawilson/status/1471114313662357504
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Poet and Ahnaf Ahnaf Jazeem granted bail

Read: https://tl.gd/n_1srtc41

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/sanjayawilson/status/1471114313662357504

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“Poet and Ahnaf Ahnaf Jazeem granted bail Read: https://t.co/Qgk2QpUj61”

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Show threadLohan GunaweeraDec 15, 2021
Extremely harsh bail conditions have been imposed on the poet including three sureties of Rs.500,000/- each! Due to technicalities he has to spend yet another night in prison. Authorities continue to treat him as a major suspect. Read:
https://twitter.com/sanjayawilson/status/1471114313662357504
#FreeAhnaf #lka
Sanjaya Wilson Jayasekera on Twitter

“Poet and Ahnaf Ahnaf Jazeem granted bail Read: https://t.co/Qgk2QpUj61”

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Lohan GunaweeraDec 15, 2021

ජය වේවා!

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Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem was granted bail by Puttalam High Court just now, today (15). Thanks to all! Cheers! More later.
#ahnafjazeem #freeahnaf #ACDAE

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/sanjayawilson/status/1471000976119066624

Sanjaya Wilson Jayasekera on Twitter

“Poet and Teacher Ahnaf Jazeem was granted bail by Puttalam High Court just now, today (15). Thanks to all! Cheers! More later. #ahnafjazeem #freeahnaf #ACDAE”

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Show threadLohan GunaweeraDec 15, 2021
Multiple translations by renowned translators have proved that it is absolutely impossible to interpret Ahnaf's book in the way the "psychiatrist's report" and the TID claimed. On the contrary, the book denounces terrorism, promotes peace!: https://freeahnaf.wordpress.com/
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Show threadLohan GunaweeraDec 15, 2021

In reality, there was nothing to be "discovered" about Navarasam, a book that was published back in 2017, and available in leading bookshops and libraries around the country, including the Colombo Public Library.

https://www.scribd.com/document/503836932/Navarasam-by-Ahnaf-Jazeem-and-Translations-as-filed-in-the-Supreme-Court-of-Sri-Lanka

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Navarasam by Ahnaf Jazeem and Translations As Filed in The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka | PDF | Courage | Muhammad

Published herewith to the world are the documents marked as P3, which is the poetry book Navarasam by Poet Ahnaf Jazeem and two translations marked as P3A & P3B, all filed with Fundamental Rights case No. SC FRA 114/2021, filed on behalf of the Poet on 16th April (and online on 10th April) 2021, in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The Petition too is available elsewhere here. The Poet is detained under Police custody since 16th May 2020 purportedly under draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act.

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Show threadLohan GunaweeraDec 15, 2021

As promised, the TID produced a "psychiatrist's report" based on a "translation" of Navarasam that aimed at proving that the book promotes violence, hatred toward "perceived injustice to Islamic community" and more https://twitter.com/_vajra/status/1399929842947092487

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Vajra Chandrasekera on Twitter

“Posting the full psychiatrist's report with source: there are five pages, which are pages 447-451 in this PDF with all the documents filed with Ahnaf Jazeem's FR Petition. (See this same scribd account for more documentation.) https://t.co/7NDLn6p2kv First two pages:”

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Show threadLohan GunaweeraDec 15, 2021

Ahnaf was arrested because the TID "discovered" his collection of poems during their investigation into 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. This is how they had reported about the poet and his book to Colombo Fort Magistrate Court in June 2020.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200618225624/http://www.lankadeepa.lk/latest_news/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9A-%E0%B7%85%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F-%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%B3%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A7-%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92-%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A-%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%9A-%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B0%E0%B7%92-%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%82%E0%B7%81-%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A/1-573886

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