Saturday, May 19, 2018

Displaced Sri Lankans defy military to reclaim homeland

For the first time since country's civil war ended in 2009, civilians have reclaimed their land occupied by military.
WDC members who organised the initiative immediately before boarding boats on Iranaimaatha Nagar beach [Photo courtesy www.vikalpa.org]
WDC members who organised the initiative immediately before boarding boats on Iranaimaatha Nagar beach [Photo courtesy www.vikalpa.org]


by -May 18, 2018 
Iranaitheevu, Sri Lanka - Last month, in an extraordinary act of courage, more than 350 members of Sri Lankan Tamil minority defied military restrictions and successfully reclaimed their homes on the Navy-occupied island of Iranaitheevu after 26 years of forced displacement.