Image: Police curfew imposed in Gintota to control the unruly crowds.(Daily FT photo) A minor incident took place between individuals of Sinhala and Muslim community had erupted in to ethnic clash in the southern town of Gintota, Galle district quickly showing the ethnic distrust and tensions remain in the multi-ethnic Sri Lankan society. Ironically the incident took […]
Ethnic clashes
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In Sri Lanka, a Government in Denial About the Ramifications of a Long History of Violence
(University of Jaffna. Credit: Wikimedia Commons) By Rajan Hoole. The crisis arising from the Sinhala-Tamil student conflict at Jaffna University is a part of the Sinhalese establishment’s absence of conviction on the cardinal importance of secularism and the drift of the Tamil elite towards religious obscurantism. Hundreds of Sinhalese students of Jaffna University had fled […]
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Appoint Commission To Probe Jaffna Varsity Fracas: Wigneswaran and Thavarajah
By P.K.Balachandran. Giving their understanding of the underlying causes, Wigneswaran and Thavarajah said that frustrations have been accumulating among Tamils, students as well as non-students, over certain developments in the Northern Province. | Express Photo Service Giving their understanding of the underlying causes, Wigneswaran and Thavarajah said that frustrations have been accumulating among Tamils, students […]
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Jaffna Uni Clash: FUTA Calls for Bringing Culprits to Justice
The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) yesterday urged the university authorities to take all possible steps to identify the perpetrators of violence in the Science Faculty of the Jaffna University on Saturday and to bring them to justice. FUTA President Dr. Rangika Halwathura said, in a statement, that they condemned the attack. “We do […]
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Sinhalese and Tamil students clash at Jaffna University -Tamil Guardian
(A Sinhalese student brandishes a log towards a group of Tamil students as violence broke out at Jaffna University on Saturday.) Sinhalese students at the Jaffna University clashed with Tamil students earlier on Saturday, as violence erupted over the use of a Kandyan dance from the south of the island at a traditional orientation programme. […]