Tamil Alliance files case at Supreme Court appealing the release of students.

 Wednesday , 26 December 2012

Tamil National Alliance has decided to approach the Supreme Court assistance  for the release of Jaffna university students who are detained at the Welikanda Rehabilitation camp.

 

Alliance circles inform that very soon a petition will be filed in Supreme Court to release P.Bawananthan, P.Tharshanth, K.Jenamey Jayanth, S.Soloman the four students who are detained.

 

Contrary to the regulation, the arrested  university students were transferred to the rehabilitation camp and legal elucidations would be pointed out in the petition by the Alliance.

 

Even though the emergency regulation which was prevailing in the country was abolished, some vital clauses were included illegally to the terrorism prevention act.  

 

 

Legal experts pointed out that the Jaffna University students were detained in the rehabilitation camp, according to clause 1721/5, one of the clauses which were included in the terrorism prevention law.

 

 After the emergency regulation was abolished, four disciplinary regulations were incorporated to the terrorism prevention law and one of the regulation 1721/5 paves way for those surrendered could be kept under rehabilitation.

 

Arresting a person and forcibly taking his signature in a document and stating that he surrendered and in the name of rehabilitation transferring to rehabilitation camp, could be done under this disciplinary regulation was pointed out by Legal experts.

 

Beginning of January the petition would be filed by Alliance which is aware from party circles.

 

Urging the release of Jaffna university students, Tamil National Alliance including Tamil parties conducted continuous protests. However forces sector explicitly notified, only   after the rehabilitation, the students would be released.

 

Jaffna University students were arrested at the end of November month is according to information.