Amparai Tamil graduates protest against discrimination

Tamil graduates protest outside EPC office in Trincomalee (All photos: Tamil Guardian)

13 May 2015

Graduates from the Amparai district complained of discrimination by the Sri Lankan government in providing job opportunities for Tamils.

The graduates started a symbolic hunger strike outside the offices of the Eastern Provincial Council offices in Trincomalee on Wednesday morning.

Speaking to the Tamil Guardian, one graduate, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the Sri Lankan government deliberately overlooked Tamils for job opportunities.

“Although we achieve the same qualifications as Sinhala and Muslim people do, we are not offered the same jobs. The new government has not delivered any benefits for us yet,” she charged.

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