Jaffna schools warned by Sri Lanka military for black band protests
Sri Lanka military entered schools in Jaffna on 27 May to note the names of students and teachers who did not attend on that day. The act is a threat in the continuing climate of death squad activities by the Sri Lankan military. Indeed, it is people identified by such methods who are later targeted by the death squads.
On 27 May, Jaffna school students called for and carried out a black band day to express their protest at the killing of civilians including children in a claymore attack near Kilinochchi on 23 May. Senior students also boycotted classes. It is to threaten the students for daring to stage this back band protest that the Sri Lankan military entered schools to collect names. In the meantime Sri Lanka military has refused resettlement of the displaced people back in their own land in the militarized zones of Sri Lanka military inside Jaffna. Following a case filed by a Tamil member of parliament, Mavai Senathiraja, the court had ruled that the resettlement in parts of the militarized zones must be considered. It is in response to this court ruling that the Sri Lanka military has refused resettlement proposals.
29 May 2008
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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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