University of Jaffna students commemorate Annai Poopathy

Tamil Affairs Apr 20

Students from the University of Jaffna held an event on campus to commemorate Annai Poopathy who fasted unto death 38 years ago. 

The students laid flowers before a portrait of Annai Poopathy, who died on April 19, 1988, after a month-long fast without food or water in protest against the injustices and atrocities committed by the Indian Peace Keeping Force. 

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Annai Poopathy's sacrifice remembered in Batticaloa 38 years on
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Annai Poopathy, who fasted unto death in protest against the atrocities committed by Indian Peace Keeping Forces, was remembered in Batticaloa yesterday. 

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