Colombo arrests visiting #Tamil #poet, bans gatherings ahead of #HeroesDay The operatives of the occupying #SriLankan military on Friday arrested VIS Jayapalan, a well-known Eezham Tamil poet and an award-winning actor in Indian Tamil cinema, while the Norwegian passport holder was visiting the island on a tourist visa. The arrest took place in abduction-style. By arresting #Jayapalan, Colombo was sending a message to Eezham Tamil diaspora that Tamils visiting the island should not address any meeting or gathering. Colombos TID operatives could claim any meeting as a ‘gathering causing communal unrest,’ academic circles in Jaffna said. In the meantime, the SL Police in Kilinochchi, on Friday told 40 people it detained that all gatherings and meetings have been banned until further notice in the district.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 20:34:34 +0000
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