February 28, 2003

Fighting for Human Rights

By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND

A pair of fugitive Sri Lankan academics say universities there fail to promote democracy

The two weary academics have been in hiding here for more than a decade. The men have no phone and no fixed address. Relatives say they haven't spoken to them in years. When they move, they leave no trace of where they have been and no hint of where they are going. The University of Jaffna, where they once taught mathematics, has cut them off and denies any association with them. Some people wonder

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