- 16 December 2012
Defence Secretary refuses plea by University dons to release students
Sri Lanka’s hawkish Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on Friday has “refused outright” a plea by the Jaffna University dons to release soon the four detained students and help resuming the academic.......
- 14 December 2012
Female Jaffna University student strangled to death, as TID summons three more
A female student of the Jaffna University has reportedly been found strangled to death at her house in Chunnakam under mysterious circumstances on Friday, as three more female students......
- 11 December 2012
Four Jaffna students taken to Welikanda military detention camp
Four Jaffna University students, including its Union leader V. Bavanandan and secretary P. Darshananth, have been taken to the notorious Welikanda military detention camp, where hundreds of former...........
- 07 December 2012
Ten students among 25 arrested in panic-hit Jaffna, more arrests imminent
At least ten more Jaffna University students and 15 other men – aged between 19 and 55 – have been arrested by Sri Lanka’s notorious counter-terrorism police unit on Thursday, on charges of............
- 14 December 2012
Commonwealth lawyers, judges decry the impeachment motion
In a joint statement, the commonwealth law professionals on Thurday (13) condemned the Sri Lankan Parliament's impeachment against the chief justice as an 'arrbitrary act that fails to....
- 11 December 2012
Arbitrary arrests escalate in Jaffna as terrified students face O/L exams
Sri Lanka’s counter-terrorism unit has stepped up its campaign of arbitrary arrests in the northern Jaffna peninsula, at a time when tens of thousands of panic-stricken students were getting ready......
- 07 December 2012
Lawyers slam PSC hearing as 'partial, hostile and abusive'
Sri Lankan lawyers on Thursday (06) lashed out at the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) probing the impeachment motion against Sri Lanka's top judge as 'partial, hostile and abusive' towards the....
