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WSWS : News & Analysis : Asia
 
Record of the campaign for the release of Sri Lankan
socialists detained by the LTTE, August 1998

     

20 January 1999
Sri Lankan newspapers report Australian government exclusion of Tamil socialist

19 January 1999
International protests against Australian government exclusion of Tamil socialist

16 January 1999
Australian aid organisation protests government exclusion of Tamil socialist

15 January 1999
WSWS readers condemn Australian ban on Tamil socialist

13 January 1999
Australian SEP demands reversal of ban on Tamil socialist

7 January 1999
Protest Australian government exclusion of Tamil socialist

20 December 1998
Sri Lankan socialists detained by the LTTE speak out

1 December 1998
Victory of international defense campaign strengthens Tamil struggle
The SEP and the fight for the Socialist United States of Sri Lanka and Eelam

25 September 1998
Fourth Tamil socialist reportedly released by LTTE

24 September 1998
Human Rights Watch demands release of Tamil socialists held by the LTTE

23 September 1998
Colombo press conference called to demand release of all SEP members
Sri Lankan Socialist Equality Party cites reports that LTTE has released three Tamil socialists

Statement of SEP (Sri Lanka) General Secretary Wije Dias on status of Tamil socialists held by the LTTE

19 September 1998
Appeals for the release of the five SEP members in LTTE custody

16 September 1998
British Trades Union Congress delegates condemn LTTE repression
International demands mount for release of Tamil socialists

Text of the "Urgent Action Appeal" by Amnesty International

15 September 1998
Amnesty International issues urgent appeal on behalf of Sri Lankan SEP members

10 September 1998
Australian teachers union leader demands LTTE release Sri Lankan socialists

9 September 1998
LTTE arrests two more Tamil socialists
Labor and civil rights organizations must demand halt to repression of SEP

9 September 1998
Public meeting in Australia condemns LTTE arrest of Sri Lankan socialists

2 September 1998
LTTE hunting down socialists
Redouble efforts to secure release of SEP members

26 August 1998
LTTE fails to reply to International Red Cross inquiry into arrest of Sri Lankan socialists

21 August 1998
Sri Lankan SEP holds protest to demand release of Tamil socialists

20 August 1998
Sri Lankan SEP defends Tamil plantation workers

19 August 1998
LTTE communiqué threatens Tamil socialists with execution

15 August 1998
Messages from Russia, US, Australia demand release of Tamil socialists

14 August 1998
Campaign to free Tamil socialists reaches Indian, Sri Lankan immigrant audiences

13 August 1998
International campaign demands release of Sri Lankan socialists

Letter from Sri Lankan SEP general secretary to the LTTE

12 August 1998
International protests mount against LTTE arrest of Tamil socialists in Sri Lanka

11 August 1998
LTTE remains silent on arrest of Tamil socialists in Sri Lanka

8 August 1998
Third Sri Lankan socialist arrested by LTTE

7 August 1998
LTTE remains silent
International protests mount against arrest of Tamil socialists in Sri Lanka

6 August 1998
As prelude to postponing provincial elections
Sri Lankan government imposes island-wide emergency

WSWS mobilizing opposition to
arrests by LTTE authorities
New information indicates lives of
Tamil socialists in grave peril

5 August 1998
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) issues urgent protest
LTTE authorities in the north of Sri Lanka arrest Tamil socialists

 

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