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HISTORY OF TAMIL STRUGGLE
FOR FREEDOM IN SRI LANKA
A PHOTO ALBUM
Majority of Sinhala people
believe that the entire island of Sri Lanka belongs to the Sinhala-Buddhists, and that all
others (including Tamils and Non-Buddhists - Hindus, Moslems and Christians, ) are "Undesirable
Foreigners." From 1950 onwards, the government of Sri
Lanka instituted a so called "colonization scheme" to settle Sinhalese in Tamil
homelands. The Tamils were (and still are being) forcibly driven out of their villages
(Tamil homes flattened with bulldozers) to
make way for the Sinhala settlers. |
Sinhala colonists and a Buddhist priest with guns
This Buddhist Priest, who calls Sri Lanka 'The Sinhala Dheepa' (The Sinhala Island), has publicly exhorted Sinhala people to terrorize Tamil people into fleeing the island.
"Witnesses also confirmed allegations made to us that whole (Tamil)
villages have been emptied and neighborhoods have been driven by the army from their homes
and occupations... We can say, without doubt, that the Government is driving Tamils from
their homes and does intend to settle Sinhalese people in these areas..." |