No freedom to express opinion in north. Sri Lanka Teachers Federation condemns the attack against students and journalist.

The attacks against the university students, assault against "Udayan" editor and attacks against the reporters visited the location to collect news proves that there is no freedom to express opinion in the north.

 

The Sri Lanka Teachers Federation strongly condemned this unscrupulous activity by the military.

 

Regarding this, General Secretary Joseph Stanlin in his statement said, Sri Lanka government is establishing the outside world that the normal life is prevailing in the Jaffna peninsula now. But the ongoing incidents clearly affirm that there is no freedom to express opinions in Jaffna including north.

 

Military illegally intruded the Jaffna university students’ hostels.  Mainly the military entered illegally to the female students’ hostel.

 

A new law which is not in any other country is imposed in the Jaffna University.  Military entering an Education organization has only happened in Sri Lanka.

 

 "Udayan" newspaper Reporters who went to the locality to collect news about the incidents two days back was assaulted. Police and military indiscriminately attacked the university students yesterday.

 

Journalist who went to the vicinity to collect news, and media students were attacked.  If such activities happen, how could you state in which category human rights and media freedom is prevailing in the north?

 

In the past period such incidents occurred, but government did not conduct any investigations or take legal action against this.  Our Federation is prepared to voice and we will always support against such autocracy.

Thursday , 29 November 2012