hejazz hizbullah, who has been under detention since april 2020, is due to begin later this month. he s facing charges of inciting muslim children against the christian community. but muslim leaders complain they are being discriminated against amid a rising nationalism amongst the country s majority ethnic sinhalese. the bbc s anbarasan ethirajan reports from colombo. a family in distress. she has been desperate to get her husband hejazz hizbullah out ofjail. mr hizbullah, a prominent civil rights lawyer, has been imprisoned for 20 months. the government accuses him of hate speech and causing communal disharmony by inciting young muslim children against the christian community. the trial is due to begin injanuary. his wife firmly rejects the charges. he was very outspoken, he was very active in defending muslim rights and minority rights in general. it is a message for anyone who wants to speak about or against racism,
against discrimination. activists allege the arrest of mr hizbullah is part of the ongoing harassment of the minority communities in recent years. the 2019 easter sunday bombings were a watershed moment. more than 260 people were killed when islamists carried out a series of suicide bombings. since then, activists say some political parties have been whipping up anti muslim sentiment. for the government, it is a trump card that they keep using to keep their workspace up to 6.9 million. saying that is a threat to the country from islamic extremists. muslim properties and places of worship have come under attack in recent years by the majority ethnic sinhalese mobs. the government wants to ban
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