Sri Lanka: Crackdown Over Civil War Anniversary (May 2024)

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HRW documentation of police threats, intimidation, and detentions targeting Tamils commemorating the May 17, 2024 Mullivaikkal anniversary. Evidence that the post-2009 'reconciliation' architecture continues to criminalise Tamil mourning. Anchor for the case-suppression article on memorialisation suppression.

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https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/23/sri-lanka-crackdown-over-civil-war-anniversary

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unmai demilitarisation

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