{"id":169499,"date":"2016-10-24T14:24:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=169499"},"modified":"2016-10-24T14:29:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:59:21","slug":"iusf-joins-hands-with-jaffna-students-union-to-protest-against-students-killing-tamil-parties-organise-hartal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/iusf-joins-hands-with-jaffna-students-union-to-protest-against-students-killing-tamil-parties-organise-hartal\/","title":{"rendered":"IUSF Joins Hands With Jaffna Students&#8217; Union To Protest Against Students Killing; Tamil Parties Organise Hartal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a show of solidarity, the Inter University Students&#8217; Federation (IUSF) joined hands with the students\u2019 union of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=University+of+Jaffna&amp;x=10&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">University of Jaffna<\/span><\/a> to condemn the police killings of the two students in Jaffna.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IUSU-Jaffna-uni-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IUSU-Jaffna-uni-.jpg\" alt=\"iusu-jaffna-uni\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IUSU-Jaffna-uni-.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IUSU-Jaffna-uni--300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The students of the Jaffna University launched a protest against the shooting outside the Jaffa District Secretariat today.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, several Tamil parties will launch a hartal in the North tomorrow against the killings, and demanding justice. 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