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Message: <blockquote data-quote="teron" data-source="post: 532016" data-attributes="member: 31121">and this letter through email as well from TYO AustraliaDear All,TYO Australia is greatly concerned by the abductions and death threats  targeting the Tamil students of Jaffna.Attached below is a request from the Student's Union of the Universityof Jaffna (English translation of original letter), a letter of  support issued by TYO Australia and a summary of a report by the Asian  Human Rights Commission.TYO Australia has been approached by many concerned members regarding  the situation faced by our brethren in Jaffna - students who should  have the freedom we are priveledged with, being deprived of their  basic human rights.We invite all members to contact us with any ideas to help create  awareness, amongst both the Tamil and non-Tamil Australian community,  about this situation.Regards,TYO, Australia-- "Our History. Our People. Our Future..."----------------------------------------------------------------------------Appendix I - English translations sent from Jaffna of the originalletters of request from the Student's Union of the University of JaffnaTerror unleashed on Jaffna studentsWe believe that we have to tell you what's going on here. Three  students of the university were shot dead on 11.08.2006. Four others  were abducted and three were released later after being beaten up  severely. So far we don't know the whereabouts or what happened to the  fourth student. One student is being kept in Welikade prison.Many school students have also been abducted, tortured and either  released or murdered afterwards. Our condemnation of these atrocities  or appeals to i) release the abducted students and ii) stop these  atrocities altogether have been falling on deaf ears. Furthermore  there has been severe media censorship preventing the circulation of  news i) within, and ii) to get outside, the peninsula. We are drifting  towards a dreadful future.It's up to you to raise voice on our behalf to inform the  international community. Your voices are more likely to reach the  international community. We plead with you to do your utmost to save  our lives. We also ask you to inform the students so that they will  raise their voices for us.Yours sincerelySecretaryUniversity Students' Union10.05.07----------------------------------------------------------------------------Appendix II - Letter of support issued by TYO, Australia15 May 2007Tamil Youth Organisation, Australia is deeply concerned by the death  threats issued to 270 students of Jaffna University. There have been  reports of four students, aged 17 to 18 years, being abducted from  their homes on 4th May 2007. Strong evidence suggests the abductors to  be members of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. This comes amidst a myriad  of abuses, death threats and violent attacks aimed at Tamil students,  conducted by the Sri Lankan Army.The Jaffna University Student Union (JUSU) recently held a protest  demanding the release of the abducted students. The Jaffna Technical  College has since participated in the protest.Since these peaceful non-violent actions of defiance, death threats  have been circulated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, naming 270 staff  and students. Named individuals have been given a final notice to  cease their activities or face a death sentence. These come soon after  a previous notice that had targeted Principals and some students alone.Tamil Youth Organisation, Australia shows full support to the students  and staff of the academic institutes in Jaffna. Their actions of  defiance are non-violent, and do not break any laws or cause anyone  harm.The Sri Lankan Armed Forces have yet again attempted to crush the  rights of the Tamils. They have forced fear into those who have shown  resilience. It is not just the lives of the students and teaching  staff of Jaffna, being threatened by the Sri Lankan Government, but  the basic human rights these individuals possess.Tamil Youth Organisation, Australia demands the immediate release of  the abducted students, the cessation of abductions, killings and  violence targeting Tamil students, and the constant threats and  harassments faced by the Tamil teachers and students of Sri Lanka.Tamil Youth Organisation, Australia also reaffirms its support to the  Jaffna students in their protest against the actions of the Sri Lankan  Armed Forces, and strongly condemns their many discriminatory attacks  on Tamils. Their violations are not going unnoticed, and the support  for the Tamil victims are growing day by day.Tamil Youth Organisation,Australia----------------------------------------------------------------------------Appendix III - Summary of a report by the Asian Human Rights Commission"The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from areliable source that a number of students of the University of Jaffnahave been murdered, arbitrarily arrested and disappeared since August2006. Due to the security situation some classes had been cancelleduntil 19 February 2007. It has been allegedly reported that militaryofficers were involved in two murders of the university students andthe disappearance of the other two students. None of the cases ofstudent victims have been investigated by the police and noperpetrators have been brought to justice so far. The students of theuniversity and the family members of the victims are living underextremely difficult conditions."For further details, please visit<a href="http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2007/2270/" target="_blank">http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2007/2270/</a></blockquote>

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