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Hero's day Statement

Commendable Quote
  Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
 


December HR Release

 

Eastern University massacre

23 May 1990
226 people were killed in these days by the Sri Lankan military.

The Eastern University is in the Vantharumulai village in Batticaloa. This is one of the 13 universities in the island. At any given year about 3000 students will be enrolled in this university.

In 1990, following Sri Lankan military attacks on people, people from many regions of Batticaloa have taken refuge in the Eastern university.

On 23.05.1990, large number of Sri Lankan military arrived from the Saththurukondan military camp at the Eastern university. They arrest 58 young men tied their hands and legs and took them to the neighbouring villages. There they were all killed. The military came again on 24.05.1990 and arrested another 168 people who had taken refuge at the Eastern university. They were also killed in a similar manner to the earlier massacre.

226 people were killed in these days by the Sri Lankan military.

22 November 2006

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