Sri Lankan Navy attacks Two Fishermen at Sea
Pirabhaharan and Kaman, of Vannankulam in Mullaitivu, started out on their fishing trip on Wednesday at 3.00 am in the morning,. A Sri Lankan Navy Dvora on surveillance approached the two at sea. Navy men in the Dora beat Pirabhaharan and lifted Kaman by his shirt collar into their Dvora. They beat Kaman in the Dvora and then asked Pirabaharan to follow them in his boat. When Pirabhaharan refused, they tied his boat to their Dvora and dragged the boat for a long distance with Pirabhaharan in his boat and Kaman in the Dvora. They then picked up Kaman by his legs and arms and threw him into the fishermen's boat. Kaman fainted as a result of this. The fishermen reached the shore at 10.00 am and Kaman was admitted to Mullaitivu hospital.
The Fishermen's Association of Mullaitivu has condemned this attack and has said that attack like this by the Sri Lankan Navy on the fishermen are uncontrolled and cowardly. The Sri Lankan Navy has carried out this attack even after knowing that the men are innocent fishermen. The association added that the fishermen are struggling to recover from a brutal war conducted by the Sri Lankan government and such attacks will only worsen the frustration of the fishermen towards the government. The President of the Federation of fishermen associations, A. Marirasa, said that the federation has sent a detailed complaint to the SLMM.
23 July 2004
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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?
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