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Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Issues, Long Reads, Mannar

Voices from Musali: The real story behind the ‘Save Wilpattu’ Campaign

The adhan call resonates. The residents of Marichchukkaddi in Musali stop speaking and bow their heads in prayer. For five minutes, peace prevails. The only sound is that from the green banners…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/27/201704/27/2017
Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Issues, Politics and Governance

The Struggles of the Muslims of Musali

The Gazette Notification issued on the 24th of March 2017 declared four forest areas North of the Wilpattu sanctuary as reserves, preventing Muslim Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from returning to their homes in…

Hilmy Ahamed Hilmy Ahamed on 04/09/201704/09/2017
Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Issues, Reconciliation

Sirisena’s double standard: the heavy cost to Muslim IDPs

President Maithripala Sirisena says that the Muslim IDPs have encroached and destroyed land belonging to the Wilpattu National Park (June 2015). President Sirisena says Muslims have not cleared one inch of Wilpattu…

Hilmy Ahamed Hilmy Ahamed on 01/04/201701/04/2017

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