We have just received a report from a Ceylonese woman socialist of the extreme repression there by the Bandaranaike government following the recent revolutionary upsurge. She writes:
"... The systematic torture, arrest, detention, is continuing ... There are 13,000 people held in concentration camps ... Women members of the JVP (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna—People's Liberation Front) have been raped and viciously attacked ... A leading woman member at Matara was raped and shot by the Army ..."
We will publish more information as we receive it. The almost total news blackout on these events by the press and radio in this country makes it all the more essential for all socialists to make public the actions of the Ceylonese government and to undertake solidarity actions on behalf of the victims of the repression, for the immediate restoration of democratic rights and the release of all political prisoners.