INDIAN STUDENTS STAGE HUNGER STRIKE OVER C’WEALTH MEET
August 27, 2013
Four Indian law college students have started an indefinite hunger strike in Tiruchy on Monday urging the Central government to boycott the Commonwealth meet to be held in Sri Lanka in November.
The third year students of Government Law College were identified as N Pushparaj of Cuddalore, S Bharathi of Pudukkottai and T Kajendran and S Marimuthu of Tiruvarur. They started their indefinite protest on the college premises, Express news Service reported.
They condemned the anti-Tamil activities of the UPA government and urged it to skip the meeting scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka.
Senthil Kumar (25), a diploma student of Pullambadi, was stopped by Fort range police when he tried to stage a hunger strike on the same issue.
The students of Law College in Tiruchy earlier staged protests urging the Centre to introduce an amendment in the US-sponsored resolution at the UNHCR on the Lankan Tamils issue seeking an international, independent probe into allegations of human rights violations during the military offensive against the LTTE.
Various political parties and pro-Tamil activists have been urging the Centre to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka, to protest against the island nation’s government.
The third year students of Government Law College were identified as N Pushparaj of Cuddalore, S Bharathi of Pudukkottai and T Kajendran and S Marimuthu of Tiruvarur. They started their indefinite protest on the college premises, Express news Service reported.
They condemned the anti-Tamil activities of the UPA government and urged it to skip the meeting scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka.
Senthil Kumar (25), a diploma student of Pullambadi, was stopped by Fort range police when he tried to stage a hunger strike on the same issue.
The students of Law College in Tiruchy earlier staged protests urging the Centre to introduce an amendment in the US-sponsored resolution at the UNHCR on the Lankan Tamils issue seeking an international, independent probe into allegations of human rights violations during the military offensive against the LTTE.
Various political parties and pro-Tamil activists have been urging the Centre to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka, to protest against the island nation’s government.
Published: 25 August 2013
Sri Lankan soldiers chase residents protesting against the alleged poisoning of drinking water in Weliweriya, on the outskirts of Colombo
RAVISHAN PERERA should have been preparing to enter university. Instead, on the day he was to sit his entrance exam, the 19-year-old was buried in his school uniform.
He was shot in the head on August 1 as Sri Lankan forces opened fire on a peaceful environmental protest in Weliweriya, a small town close to the capital, Colombo. The town, which donated blood to the army during Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war, is in shock.
The bloody episode is cited as the latest example of violent repression that threatens to overshadow the Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Colombo in November.
