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  JDS: Sri Lanka: ‘De-radicalisation’ returns in new garb as ‘Rehabilitation’

  October 18, 2022 admin

  One year after being forced to shelve a heavily condemned regulation targeting dissent, the Sri Lankan government has now devised a new plan to legalise its ongoing crackdown. The latest move is to adopt new laws to rehabilitate ‘ex-combatants, members [...]

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  Sri Lankan government continues its brutal repression

  September 2, 2022 Ragavan

  On the day of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-led ‘interim budget’ announcement for Sri Lanka, thousands of protesters were brutally attacked in the streets of the capital, Colombo. Over 22 were arrested and are being held without charge. It was [...]

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  Defend the right to protest in Sri Lanka

  August 25, 2022 Ragavan

  Prasad Welikumbura, United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka) On the 18th of August the newly appointed president of Sri Lanka unleashed a brutal attack on a demonstration in Colombo organised by the Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF). The IUSF played [...]

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  Statements

  Tamil solidarity strongly condemn the repression and the arrest of Aragalaya protestors

  August 3, 2022 pradeep

  We in Tamil Solidarity strongly condemn the arrest of the Aragalaya protestors by the Sri Lankan police on fictitious charges. This is a direct threat to and intimidation of peaceful protestors whose only form of expression is the Aragalaya. The [...]

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  Announcement

  Tamil Solidarity urges all Tamil MPs to call for the dissolving of the Sri Lankan Parliament, and to reject all proposals for an interim government formed from existing forces.

  July 22, 2022 senan

  The Sri Lankan Parliament has never represented the interests of Tamils. The current president is using Parliament to unleash brutal attacks against the people. The military is being used once again by the Sri Lankan government to attack the people. [...]