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Council chairman of the Karaichi Pradeshiya Sabha (in the northern Kilinochchi district) was threatened by Sri Lankan police to remove a local street sign which said Vettri Lane or to be detained under the Prevention of Terror Act (PTA).
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On Saturday 10th April, Arunachalam Vezhamalikithan (the chairman of the Karaichi Pradeshiya Sabha) was called in by the police at 05:00 in the morning for an inquiry. He had visited the police at 08:00 the same day and was there accused by the police of trying to revive the LTTE
He received an ultimatum on Sunday that if he did not remove the sign board within 72 hours he will be charged as “trying to bring back the LTTE” and will be detained under the PTA.
Attempt to acquire 40 acres of land in Mirusuvil for army camp foiled! The land survey attempt to survey land (to use it in the future for an army camp) in Mirusuvil foiled: Protesters blockading the A9 road.
#landgrabbing #illegalcolonization #militarisation #sinhalisation
#landgrabbing #illegalcolonization #militarisation #sinhalisation
There was an attempt to survey 40 acres of public land in Mirusuvil, Asaipillai (which falls under the grama sevakar division of Thenmaradchi-Eluthumattuval) starting at 9 am today in order to seize the land later and establish a training camp for the 52nd Army Brigade.
The land surveying process was initiated by the Land Survey Department.
The landowners, politicians and social activists who went to the area earlier than 9 am expected this acquisition attempted to protest against this.
The landowners, politicians and social activists who went to the area earlier than 9 am expected this acquisition attempted to protest against this.
2 arrested in Jaffna over pro-LTTE online content
The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has arrested two persons in Jaffna for maintaining a website and YouTube channel which had allegedly promoted pro-LTTE content.
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The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has arrested two persons in Jaffna for maintaining a website and YouTube channel which had allegedly promoted pro-LTTE content.
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Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said that the TID had conducted a special raid in respect of an office situated at Navalar Street in Jaffna this morning (29).
“The raid has been conducted in order to trace a YouTube channel and a website that had been operated for months and those channels had promoted the LTTE ideology in the cyber space,” he said.
On the 25th March, the Dept. of Wildlife threatened and arrested the people of Andankulam village in Kumulamunai, Mullaitivu.
The Dept. of Wildlife, along with the Army have barred villagers from making arrangements to relocate to their native lands for development works.
The Dept. of Wildlife, along with the Army have barred villagers from making arrangements to relocate to their native lands for development works.
A Wildlife Department official has assaulted a woman and arrested another and filed a case.
#srilankastateterrorism #forcedeviction
#srilankastateterrorism #forcedeviction
Nanthinidevi, the wife of the person arrested in the incident, said:
“the villagers of Andankulam, Kumulamunai, had been evicted from their village by the army in 1984 and had to migrate and live in other areas for more than 30 years...
“the villagers of Andankulam, Kumulamunai, had been evicted from their village by the army in 1984 and had to migrate and live in other areas for more than 30 years...
