Comrades,
Sivapragasam Mariyadas, a SEP supporter and a socialist nternationalist, was killed at his home in the eastern rural town of Mullipothana on August 7.
All the evidence to date indicates that the killers are members of the Sri Lankan military, the police or allied paramilitary groups, and that Mariyadas’s murder is part of a vicious campaign to intimidate and terrorise the population of northeastern Sri Lanka as the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse plunges the country back into civil war. The purpose of this campaign is to silence conscious opponents of the war.
I urge all the comrades to write to the Sri Lankan authorities protesting the murder, demanding a full investigation and the arrest and charging of all those responsible.
Please read the following articles to understand the political nature of this killing and the real situation of Sri Lanka.
Inspector General of Police Chandra Fernando,Police Headquarters, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka.
Fax: 0094 11 2446174
Email: igp@police.lkA copy should be sent to
Socialist Equality Party,P.O. Box 1270,
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Email: wswscmb@sltnet.lkThis is the latest of series of articles published protesting the murder.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/sep2006/sril-s28.shtmland the SEP statement
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/sep2006/mari-s05.shtml
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