Yesterday the Sri Lanka government shelled a hospital and killed at least 49 people. The day before they shelled defenseless civilians and killed over a thousand men, women and children. The Sri Lanka government disputes this information. If the information is inaccurate that is just one more reason to criticize the Sri Lanka government because it is the Sri Lanka government that has waged a campaign of death, intimidation, and arrest of the independent journalists in their country.
Group 133 recently held a vigil in Harvard Square in behalf of J S Tissainayagam. He is considered a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International, being held in detention by the Sri Lanka government for no reason apparently except to stifle the truth from being told about what is going on in Sri Lanka government.
Vigil led by Amnesty Group 133 for J S Tissainayagam
This vigil featured Priya Suntharalingam a high school student who recently staged a hunger strike to focus attention on the atrocities going on in Sri Lanka. You can read her statement here.
You can read more about J.S. Tissainayagam here and you can take action to stop Sri Lanka’s attack on civilians here.
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