#sinhalanationalism — Public Fediverse posts
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15 years since Sri Lanka’s conflict ended, no justice for war crimes
The unaddressed legacy of the war has bequeathed the country practices of abuse, impunity and misgovernance that directly contribute to the economic crisis, writes Meenakshi Ganguly.
#SriLanka #SriLankanTamils #SriLankanTamilGenocide #SinhalaNationalism #LTTE #BuddhistNationalism #MahindaRajapaksa #GotapayaRajapaksa #EthnicCleansing
https://scroll.in/article/1067721/15-years-since-sri-lankas-conflict-ended-no-justice-for-war-crimes
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Forty years since Black July: Seven novels about the traumatic legacy of the Sri Lankan civil war
Black July marked the beginning of a 25 year-long civil war that would result in a devastating death toll and displace 800,000 Sri Lankans.
#SriLanka #TamilGenocide #eelam #books #novels #SinhalaNationalism #ShyamSelvadurai #RomeshGunasekara #MichaelOndaatje #ShobhaSakthi #NayomiMunaweera #ShehanKarunatilaka #RuFreeman #history #racism #HumanRights #bookstodon #tamils
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Mass grave found in North-East Sri Lanka; Tamils demand international investigation
A shutdown was carried out across the North-East yesterday as Tamils across the homeland demand for an international investigation into the Kokkuthodavai mass grave.
The mass grave was discovered on June 29th by construction workers from the National Water Supply and Drainage Board prompting excavation efforts.
#SriLanka #mullaitivu #kokkuthoduvai #SriLankanMassGraves #MassGrave #TamilGenocide #history #SinhalaNationalism #HumanRights #tamils #eelam #india
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Tamil nationalism in Sri Lanka defies state repression
Post-war memorialisation events serve as resilient expressions of Tamil nationalism despite crackdowns by the Sri Lankan state, writes Mario Arulthas.
#SriLanka #TamilNationalism #TamilGenocide #eelam #LTTE #repression #SinhalaNationalism #HumanRights #repression #india
https://www.himalmag.com/tamil-nationalism-sri-lanka-state-repression/
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A requiem for the Jaffna Library
Chronicling the fall and resurrection of the Jaffna Public Library, and mourning all that can never be recovered [article from January 2014].
#SriLanka #jaffna #JaffnaPublicLibrary #BookBurning #TamilGenocide #SinhalaNationalism #SinhalaSupremacy #CyrilMathew #GaminiDissanayake #JRJayawardene #history