Sri Lanka bans Tamil remembrance of war dead

Sri Lanka bans Tamil remembrance of war dead

Channel NewsAsia - World·2020-11-27 20:00

COLOMBO: Commemorations for Tamil Tiger rebels killed in Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war were banned on Friday (Nov 27) after court petitions by the government of strongman President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka's 37-year conflict began in 1972 when Tamil Tigers waged a bloody war against government troops in a campaign for a separate homeland for their ethnic minority group.

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