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Keppapulavu: Land Struggle Reaches Boiling Point after 700 days of protest

700 days is a long time for a day and night protest outside an Army camp. Since March 1, 2017, the people of Keppapulavu, located in the Mullaitheevu district in Northern Sri…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 01/22/2019
Development, Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Issues

Release Our Land As Promised: Displaced People And Supporters Write to President

Editor’s Note: The following is the text of a letter handed over to the President, Prime Minister and party leaders, asking for the release of land in the North and East to…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/27/201812/28/2018
Human Rights, Issues

Iranaitheevu: a community reclaims their island home from the Navy

On the morning of April 23, 2018, about 300 people from the Iranaitheevu twin islands decided to sail there in about 40 boats. They have been displaced since 1992, and the Navy…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 04/25/201804/25/2018

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