Government of Antarcticland condemns recent violence and suppression of Srilankan students

Aug. 17, 2009 - PRLog -- Government of Antarcticland , fighting for universal human rights worldwide  observes with great concern, the widely reported cases of harassment, violence, and forced detention and in some cases, extra judicial killings of Sri Lankan students by government security forces.

It is widely believed that the present student’s unrest with clashes between student union bodies in precipitated in part by the current economic and political crisis that Sri Lanka is grappling with.


Government of Antarcticland  call on all student umbrella bodies (International Students for Social Equality (ISSE), the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF), the Pravada Kavaya (Thesis Circle) and indeed all other student groups, to dismantle all covert and open relationships with extremist organizations, renounce thuggery in their daily operations and end the unwholesome rivalry that is affecting peace on their campuses.

Government of Antarcticland anxious for the return of peace in Sri Lanka and an atmosphere conducive for smooth academic work in all institutions of learning in Sri Lanka makes the following requests;

1.      For the Sri Lankan government to immediately release all political prisoners including students in its custody and all charges leveled against them to be dropped.

2.      The immediate withdrawal of Sri Lankan police and other security forces that have forcefully taken over all institutions of learning,

3.      The Sri Lankan government to allow freedom of speech and the observance of all United Nations protocol on human rights and the right to life.

4.      That with the government declared defeat of the Tamil Tigers and the end of the decades long war of attrition, now is the time to rebuild, heal all wounds and guarantee the full democratic rights of the Sri Lankan people.

5.      Government of Antarcticland  calls on all student groups to eschew violence and imbibe the spirit of tolerance in their relations with fellow students with diverse ideological beliefs.

6.      Government of Antarcticland  call on the Sri Lankan government to do all within its powers to ensure that full academic activity resumes in all institutions of learning in the country.