Shakthika Sathkumara

Shakthika Sathkumara (; born 1985/1986) is a writer and civil servant from Sri Lanka. He was charged under Section 3(1) of the ICCPR Act and Article 291(B) of the Penal Code of Sri Lanka, which covers propagating hatred and incitement of racial or religious violence, and faced up to ten years imprisonment. In February 2021, he was discharged. As well, he worked as an Economic Development Officer at the Polgahawela Divisional Secretariat Office before his arrest.

He published a short story to his Facebook account that included depictions of homosexual Buddhist monks and references of sexual abuse and pedophilia.

2019 Arrest, Detention, and Release Sathkumara was arrested by the Polgahawela Police on April 2, 2019. On February 9, 2021, he was released from the Polgahawela Magistrate Court without an indictment.

In December 2019, human rights focused non-profit Freedom Now submitted a petition to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Sathkumara. In May 2020, the Working Group determined that his detention was arbitrary and violated international law.

On January 13, 2020, PEN International stated that "Shakthika Sathkumara is being targeted solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression and calls for the investigation against him to be dropped,”.