Student satyagraha: A threat to security in Sri Lanka
Hundreds of students of the Sabaragamuwa University picketed
opposite the University Grants Commission at Ward Place
yesterday demanding that the Applied Science Faculty be
shifted to the main campus at Belihuloya from Buttala. Police
tear gassed and used water cannon to dispurse them. Later, as
seen in the picture, they squatted opposite the Vihara Maha
Devi Park and engaged in a satyagraha. Nearly ten students
were hospitalized due to injuries sustained while fleeing the tear
gas attack. Six were arrested for disobeying Police orders.
opposite the University Grants Commission at Ward Place
yesterday demanding that the Applied Science Faculty be
shifted to the main campus at Belihuloya from Buttala. Police
tear gassed and used water cannon to dispurse them. Later, as
seen in the picture, they squatted opposite the Vihara Maha
Devi Park and engaged in a satyagraha. Nearly ten students
were hospitalized due to injuries sustained while fleeing the tear
gas attack. Six were arrested for disobeying Police orders.
(Photo-Chandrasiri Weerasinghe) The Island
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