Tuesday, October 19, 2010

176 university students suspended; 27 arrested in Sri Lanka


Colombo Page
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Sri Lanka Human Rights Center says that 176 university students have been suspended within the past two months in Sri Lanka.

The highest number of students has been suspended in Sri Jayewardenepura University, the Human Rights Center points out.


Meanwhile 27 more students are in police custody under suspicion of violence. Of them, 21 were arrested last week as the protesting students in a demonstration broke into the University Grants Commission premises causing damage to the property.

Student unrest in most universities is attributed to the politics of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) led Inter University Students Federation (IUSF).

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