Four Tamils including three women who were violently dragged away from their homes in Sampur by Sri Lanka police for distributing Mullivaikkal Kanji were produced before the Muttur Magistrate Courts yesterday (13).
They were ordered to be placed in remand custody until May 27.
The individuals arrested include, Kamaleswaran Vijitha (40), Kamaleswaran Themila (22), Selvavinothkumar Sujani (40), Navaretnaraja Hariharakumar (43), and 22-year-old Themila, a student at Eastern University, was also arrested for obstructing the arrest of her 40 yr old mother.
Although the initial arrest and court order cited public health, the four arrested were charged under the ICCPR Act.
Video footage shows two Sri Lankan police officers dragging two of the women across the floor.
The arrests and court orders come as the Tamil homeland commenced Tamil Genocide Remembrance Week today.
Across the North-East, commemorative activities are taking place to remember the tens of thousands of Tamils who were slaughtered in Sri Lanka's genocidal offensive in 2009.
(tamilguardian.com)
