Tension rises in Jaffna as TID arrests more people under anti-terror laws

The counter terrorism unit of the Sri Lankan Police on Tuesday night have arrested at least ten young men, including 'rehabilitated' former Tamil Tiger cadres, who are now resettled with their families in...........

Three Jaffna University students detained under anti-terrorism laws

Amid wide spread condemnation and protests, Sri Lanka’s Judicial and Defence Authorities on Tuesday (04)  have placed three Jaffna University students, arrested on Saturday, under draconian anti-terrorism laws.....

CJ's lawyers call for commonwealth observers

Lawyers appearing on behalf of Sri Lanka's top judge have requested that impeachment proceedings should be conducted in the presence of observers from the Commonwealth nations. The lawyers told the....

Jaffna student leader, three others arrested in midnight raid

Stepping up their terror campaign against the Jaffna students’ society, Sri Lankan police on Saturday (01) has arrested four Jaffna University Students, including its' union leader P. Darshananth and his colleague.....

Protest rally in Jaffna against military aggression on students

Despite threatening military presence, key Tamil political parties backed by like-minded democratic political forces in the South, Tuesday staged a protest rally in the heart of Sri Lanka’s northern town of Jaffna to condemn “the systematic and.......

Heavy military presence around Jaffna University, more arrests feared

With the academic activities of the Jaffna University coming to a grinding halt in protest of police and military atrocities during the past three days, Sri Lanka’s defence authority has increased the military....

Police, army turn terror on Jaffna University students

At least seven university students and two journalists were badly injured when heavily armed Sri Lankan military personnel and police brutally attacked Jaffna University students on Wednesday (28) for staging a protest rally, condemning an....

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