Why Can't We Go Home? Military Occupation of Land in Sri Lanka

Human Rights Watch · HRW (October 2018)

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HRW documentation of systematic failure to return land despite repeated official promises. The Mullikulam (Mannar) 100-acre case is paradigmatic — including the demolition of a Catholic church and graveyard on the site. Pairs with Oakland and PEARL for the post-2009 occupation pattern.

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contested sovereignty
unmai land
cultural heritage erasure

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