Another story about ragging in universities had made headlines last week. 19 senior students of Ruhuna University were remanded after being arrested over an incident where a new student from Gampaha had been inhumanly tortured during ragging. They had been arrested after the victim student, seemingly a courageous boy had published the nightmare he had […]
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Ragging Disrupts the Harmonious & Healthy Intellectual Environment; Media Should be Cautious
(Cartoon courtesy Sunday Leader) We, as civil society organisations and human rights activists that strive towards protecting the rights of women, girls and every individual, are making this collective statement to safeguard the rights of the female student who has been subject to ragging at the University of Kelaniya during the month of April 2016. […]
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Ragging as a Organised Crime and Tool in Student Politics in Sri Lanka
By Chula Goonasekera, Ex-Academic and Dean, University of Peradeniya. University students try hard to clash with the police. The primary idea is to get injured, arrested, and thereafter escalate issues on a different note. Is this a reflection of student immaturity that we should excuse all the time, or a sinister plot that needs careful […]
