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Tamils fight back against land grabs in Sri Lanka

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Akanksha Saxena in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka
November 14, 2024

Tamil farmers and activists in Sri Lanka have faced years of land grabs and livestock killings fueled by state-backed projects. Many see these actions as a continued push toward Sinhalization — a strategy to establish majoritarian Sinhala-Buddhist dominance in the aftermath of decades of civil war. DW reports from Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka.

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