Thu, May 30, 2013, 10:19 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.![]()
May 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Sinhala Buddhist organization Sinhala Ravaya has vowed to launch a fast unto death urging the government to implement nine demands.
According to a statement of the extremist organization, the demands of the planned fast unto death are abolition of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, stopping animal slaughter, bringing in a constitution based on Buddhist law, equality of law, guaranteeing the Sinhala ownership in Northern and Eastern Provinces of the island, stopping the conversion of Buddhists to other religions, eradication of Muslim terrorism, closure of all liquor outlets and rejection of all religion concept.
Sinhala Ravaya says that the date, venue and the participants of the fast unto death will be announced soon.
The organization further says that the aim of the fast unto death is not to destabilize the government but to safeguard the rights of the Sinhalese.
A Buddhist monk of the Sinhala Ravaya organization recently self-immolated near the Temple of Tooth in Kandy in protest of cattle slaughter.
May 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Sinhala Buddhist organization Sinhala Ravaya has vowed to launch a fast unto death urging the government to implement nine demands.
According to a statement of the extremist organization, the demands of the planned fast unto death are abolition of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, stopping animal slaughter, bringing in a constitution based on Buddhist law, equality of law, guaranteeing the Sinhala ownership in Northern and Eastern Provinces of the island, stopping the conversion of Buddhists to other religions, eradication of Muslim terrorism, closure of all liquor outlets and rejection of all religion concept.
Sinhala Ravaya says that the date, venue and the participants of the fast unto death will be announced soon.
The organization further says that the aim of the fast unto death is not to destabilize the government but to safeguard the rights of the Sinhalese.
A Buddhist monk of the Sinhala Ravaya organization recently self-immolated near the Temple of Tooth in Kandy in protest of cattle slaughter.