Complaints
escalate to 43
Thursday
, 20 December 2012
Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission's Jaffna
regional branch Regional Coordinator T.Thanagaraj informed that 43 complaints
have been received about the arrest carried out by the Terrorism Investigation
unit.
Continuous arrests are taking place in the
Jaffna peninsula from last 27th, after the heroes’ day.
Jaffna university students, former rebels from
the Tamil Eelam Liberation tigers, persons who had worked by the companies
administrated by Tamil Eelam Liberation tigers are arrested by the Vavuniya
Terrorism Investigation unit.
On last 17th two persons from the
Valvettithurai area , one person from Kopay vicinity on last 5th and four
persons on last 14th from Kilinochchi district were arrested.
Complaints in regard to these were recorded
last Wednesday at the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission's Jaffna Regional
branch.
Four complaints were recorded two days back
which totaled 43 persons from the Jaffna peninsula had been arrested by the
Terrorism Investigation unit.
Out of these two complaints regarding the
arrest of Jaffna university students, four complaints about the arrest from
Kilinochchi district had been recorded at the Human Rights
Commission.
