evidence: On 18th October 2022, police arrested at least seven students who were part of a protest march organised by the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) demanding the release of two students. According to news reports, the police decided to block the Colombo–Kandy main road to prevent a protest march from proceeding from the University of Kelaniya, citing that six-hour prior approval was not obtained. The arrested students were later released on bail. [...] Randimal Gamage, a frontline activist of the ‘Aragalaya’ protest movement, was arrested on 5th January 2023. According to reports, Gamage was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake upon his arrival from Dubai. He has been accused with other anti-government protesters of illegally entering the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) in July 2022 and causing damage to government property. [...] According to a report, the CID had initiated investigations against Amarasinghe under Section 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act, No. 56 of 2007.