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Sri Lanka - Statement by Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) Aug 9, 2022

9 August 2022

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FUTA demands an immediate halt to repression

Over the last few weeks the Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) has issued a number of statements and held press conferences to vehemently oppose the wave of repression unleashed by the illegitimate Wickramasinghe-Pohottowa government. yesterday, Mangala Maddumage, an activist of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) was abducted in broad daylight and it was only several hours later that he was located at a police station. This abduction came on the heels of the arbitrary arrest of veteran trade unionist Joseph Stalin along with many other youths from the aragalaya, whose only