Ruhunu University students to attend Human Rights Commission

A group of Ruhunu University students have decided to lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commission today.

Pretending that student repression is being carried out on the pretext of ragging

They say students have been arrested and a student crackdown has been launched claiming that there is rape in the university.

Nineteen students have been arrested in connection with a ragging incident at the university and remanded until 9th ​​of this month.

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