World Socialist Web Site: Sri Lankan military fires on Jaffna university protest
On two successive days this week, the Sri Lankan security forces have fired on and assaulted unarmed protesters from Jaffna University. These provocative actions have further inflamed an already tense ...
World Socialist Web Site: Lessons of protests against murder of Jaffna University students in Sri Lanka
Lessons of protests against murder of Jaffna University students in Sri Lanka
The Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) has strongly defended students of the Jaffna University who pulled down the Sri Lankan National flag and hoisted black flags on 4 February as part of ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Sri Lankan Military Shuts Down University of Jaffna
Sri Lanka’s military last week shut down the University of Jaffna, on the country’s northern peninsula, and ordered more than 4,000 students to stay home until further notice. The closure came amid ...
World Socialist Web Site: Sri Lanka: Jaffna University Student Union’s silence on Gaza war
The Jaffna Peninsula at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, off-limits for decades because of the country’s civil war, is home to one of the richest collections of corals on the island, a study shows. Led ...
JAFFNA, SRI LANKA—War and neglect have taken a toll on Jaffna Fort, a star-shaped structure built in the seventeenth century by Dutch colonists on the Jaffa peninsula. Archaeologist Prashantha ...
A month after the murder of two Tamil students belonging to the arts faculty, Jaffna University workers, the country-wide demonstrations of students and youth offer key political lessons. Sinhala, ...