Sri Lanka, Feb. 23 -- The Oxford Union has cancelled a scheduled speaking engagement with SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa.

This follows a similar decision by the Cambridge Union, which capitulated to intense pressure from diaspora Tamil student groups and LTTE sympathiser organisations across multiple UK universities.

The Oxford Union President, Katherine Yang, stated that the cancellation occurred because students most connected to the subject matter felt unsafe asking questions openly.

She noted that a forum where key stakeholders cannot engage on equal footing fails to produce the robust debate the Union intends to facilitate.

Similarly, a spokesperson for the Cambridge Union explained that the decision followed "urgent and serious discus...