Hundreds of demonstrators in the North-East protested against the ongoing detention of human rights activist Balendran Jeyakumari and other political prisoners on Friday morning.
Tamil MPs, Northern Provincial Council (NPC) members and the public gathered in Vavuniya with black cloths tied around their mouths outside the district court, reports the Uthayan.
Heavy police presence was seen around the protesters as they marched in front of the Vavuniya district court.
TNA MPs E Saravanabhavan, Sivasakthi Ananthan, Vino Nogatharalingam, Selvam Adaikkalanathan; Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam of the TNPF, Northern Province health minister Saththiyalingam, and NPC members Sivamohan, Ravikaran attended the protest.
The protests went ahead despite recent attacks on the organiser.
Jeyakumari protest organiser attacked near Nedunkerny army camp (08 October 2014)
'Why Sri Lanka's detention of Balenderan Jayakumari is so sinister' - Callum Macrae (01 October 2014)
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Tamil MPs, Northern Provincial Council (NPC) members and the public gathered in Vavuniya with black cloths tied around their mouths outside the district court, reports the Uthayan.
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Heavy police presence was seen around the protesters as they marched in front of the Vavuniya district court.
TNA MPs E Saravanabhavan, Sivasakthi Ananthan, Vino Nogatharalingam, Selvam Adaikkalanathan; Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam of the TNPF, Northern Province health minister Saththiyalingam, and NPC members Sivamohan, Ravikaran attended the protest.
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Jeyakumari protest organiser attacked near Nedunkerny army camp (08 October 2014)
'Why Sri Lanka's detention of Balenderan Jayakumari is so sinister' - Callum Macrae (01 October 2014)