A Hunger Strike  by Jaffna Uni. Students

Students from the Jaffna university held talks with the Governor of the Northern Province yesterday (16), where he stated that talks will be held with the President to arrive at a resolution.

Over 200 students of the University of Jaffna launched a hunger strike today (17), in protest of the detention of several Tamils as political prisoners at the Anuradhapura prison.

They  launched the hunger strike in support of the prisoners,  who are fasting in protest of their imprisonment in Anuradhapura.

Students from the University stated that the government had given several false promises when Tamils were taken captive as political prisoners on numerous occasions.