Month: March 2009

Campaign launched to demand end to war and to fight for democratic rights

There is ferment among Tamil-speaking people, worldwide, over the slaughter taking place in the north of Sri Lanka. Over 2,000 people have died already in recent weeks. All critics of the government are silenced. Nearly 200,000 Tamil people are still trapped in the warzone. The Rajapakse government of Sri Lanka refuses to co-operate in a ceasefire to evacuate them. read more

This article appeared in The Hindu. Siritunga Jayasurya, General Secretary – United socialist Party (CWI – Sri Lanka) spoke at meeting jointly organized by New socialist Alternative on ongoing war against Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Group urged to send a fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka. ‘2,50,000 civilians still trapped in the northern part’ read more