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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Sri Lanka continues its militarisation of Tamil schools
The Sri Lanka army has held several events in Tamil schools across the
North-East this month, as uniformed soldiers were seen giving handouts
to Tamil schoolchildren.
27 January 2020
Events took place in Batticaloa, Jaffna and Kilinochchi amongst others,
which the army had showcased on its official website (see here, here and here).
The events, where senior military commanders are invited as chief guests
and garlanded, before being photographed handing out school supplies to
Tamil children, have come under fire as part of the state’s extensive
miltiarisation of civilian life in the region.
More than a decade after the end of the armed conflict, tens of
thousands of Sri Lankan soldiers remain deployed across the North-East.
The military remains extensively involved in civilian life in the
region, making regular appearances at schools, places of worship and
other community events.
Despite repeated calls for the Tamil homeland to be demiltiarised and
the military to leave, the armed forces continue to maintain an
overwhelmingly large presence. A 2017 report by PEARL and the
Jaffna-based Adayaalam Centre for Police Research, which focussed on the
extent of militarisation in Mullaitivu, found that there was as many as
one soldier for every two civilians in the district.
The Sri Lanka army has held several events in Tamil schools across the
North-East this month, as uniformed soldiers were seen giving handouts
to Tamil schoolchildren.
27 January 2020
Events took place in Batticaloa, Jaffna and Kilinochchi amongst others,
which the army had showcased on its official website (see here, here and here).
The events, where senior military commanders are invited as chief guests
and garlanded, before being photographed handing out school supplies to
Tamil children, have come under fire as part of the state’s extensive
miltiarisation of civilian life in the region.
More than a decade after the end of the armed conflict, tens of
thousands of Sri Lankan soldiers remain deployed across the North-East.
The military remains extensively involved in civilian life in the
region, making regular appearances at schools, places of worship and
other community events.
Despite repeated calls for the Tamil homeland to be demiltiarised and
the military to leave, the armed forces continue to maintain an
overwhelmingly large presence. A 2017 report by PEARL and the
Jaffna-based Adayaalam Centre for Police Research, which focussed on the
extent of militarisation in Mullaitivu, found that there was as many as
one soldier for every two civilians in the district.
