2017
Sri Lanka: Jaffna residents demand release of Maruti Suzuki workers
A picket and meeting in Jaffna next week will demand the release of the imprisoned Indian autoworkers. India: ICF
2017
Sri Lankan plantation and railway workers condemn Maruti Suzuki frame-up
Workers on tea plantations in Sri Lanka’s hill country and railway quarters in Colombo demanded the release of the 13 Indian framed-up autoworkers sentenced to life in prison.
2017
At least 26 dead in garbage dump collapse in Sri Lanka
The tragedy has provoked shock and outrage across the country, compounding the political crisis facing the government.
2017
Sri Lankan government sponsors a sham celebration of the Russian Revolution
The event was a congregation of right-wing politicians, pseudo-lefts and anti-Marxist representatives of academia who are deeply hostile to the heritage of the Russian Revolution.
2017
Sri Lankan artists express solidarity with the framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers
A number of Sri Lankan artists have sent statements to the World Socialist Web Site calling for the release of jailed Maruti Suzuki workers in India.
2017
Sri Lanka: SEP meeting demands release of Maruti Suzuki workers
The Colombo event was organised as a part of the ICFI’s campaign to free the framed-up Indian autoworkers.
2017
Sri Lankan university students condemn Maruti Suzuki frame-up
Students and workers in Colombo, Kandy and Jaffna denounced the heavy sentences imposed on framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers in India.
2017
Sri Lankan SEP and IYSSE hold picket to demand freedom of Maruti Suzuki workers
The well-attended SEP/IYSSE picket attracted the attention and interest of workers and youth who were returning home from work or school.
2017
Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to picket and hold public meeting for release of Maruti Suzuki workers
The campaign to overturn the frame-up of the Maruti Suzuki workers requires the independent mobilisation of the working class in India, throughout South Asia and internationally.
2017
Sri Lankan workers support campaign to free framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers
Socialist Equality Party campaigners distributed the ICFI statement “Free the framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers” in Sinhalese and Tamil.