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Activists and journalists from south intimidated by police in Jaffna |
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(GroundViews, 14 Dec, 2011) On December 10th 2011, a group of 42 HRDs and political activists from the South of Sri Lanka were detained by police in the Northern town of Jaffna and prevented from attending a protest to mark international human rights day in Jaffna. Events to mark Human Rights Day including protests in other parts of Sri Lanka such as in Colombo, Kandy and Kurunegela were allowed to take place without disruption. However in Jaffna the police detained HRDs travelling to the protest and also attempted to disperse those gathered at the main protest venue in Jaffna town. This is the second major protest organized in Jaffna in recent years following the protest organized by the Free Media Movement against the attack on Uthayan News Editor G. Kuganathan in August 2011. This protest was also held amid tight security controls and the police attempted to disrupt the protest. |
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Arousing Sinhala racism will not get Fonseka released - Bahu |
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(29/11/2011) Sri Lanka's imprisoned former military chief cannot be freed by arousing Sinhala racist sentiments said the NSSP general secretary speaking to thousands gathered in Colombo on the 29th of November. Comrade Vickramabahu Karunaratne was addressing a public rally organized by the United National Party (UNP) at Hyde Park protesting the Mahinda Rajapaksa rule. The rally was followed by a vibrant march to occupy Lipton Circle for over an hour. Dr. Kumara Guruparan of Democratic Peoples Front also addressed the protest on democratic freedom and opposition to selling of assets which rallied around the following demands. |
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"No to Satakaya, throw out the dictator, free all political prisoners, free Fonseka, down with the robber budget, political solution now, stop selling resources to foreign powers." |
