.: NAFSO at Protest against SAITM

NAFSO at Protest against SAITM

NAFSO representatives participated in the protest against private medical college (SAITM), on 10th October. the protesters walked about 5 miles to the Presidential secretary. but the police disperse the protesters striking with tear gas and water cannon. Several were hospitalized.

Protest was organized by the anti-SAITM university student movement.

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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NAFSO at Protest against SAITM