The tenth day of protests in Mannar saw hundreds join to block wind power project equipment, as police moved to seek a court injunction against the demonstrators
The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has written to Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake announcing a hartal on Friday, to protest against the “military’s brutality that continues to date”, following the reported killing of a Tamil man last week.
Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed late on Sunday in what the network has described as a deliberate, targeted Israeli strike on a tent outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.
Hundreds of mourners, including Tamil parliamentarians, community leaders, and grieving relatives, gathered in Muththaiyankaddu, Mullaitivu, on Sunday to pay their final respects to 32-year-old Ethirmanasingham Kapilraj, who his family saw was killed after being attacked by Sri Lankan soldiers last week.
Despite the promises of a new era under Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s administration, little has changed on the ground. For Tamils, the surveillance, harassment, and intimidation persists.
A youth-led protest took place in Mannar on Wednesday under the rallying cry ‘Protect Black Soil’, as young people took to the streets to oppose proposed ilmenite mineral sand mining by multinational corporations in the district.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a heavily guarded convoy carrying wind turbine components forced its way into Mannar town, under the protection of hundreds of Sri Lankan police officers.
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