The end of the insurgency of the Tamil Tigers in the northern part of Sri Lanka in 2009 did not bring the peace dividendthat both Tamils and labour activists were hoping for. While the war has finished, large parts of the island are still militarised. This week, two Jaffna university students, Nadarasa Kajan and Pavunraj Sulaxan, were shot dead by police at a checkpoint for allegedly not stopping. These killings have highlighted the ongoing injusticesthat many Tamils still face. There were widespread protests in the following days to opposethe ongoing police brutality.
The end of the insurgency of the Tamil Tigers in the northern part of Sri Lanka in 2009 did not bring the peace dividendthat both Tamils and labour activists were hoping for. While the war has finished, large parts of the island are still militarised. This week, two Jaffna university students, Nadarasa Kajan and Pavunraj Sulaxan, were shot dead by police at a checkpoint for allegedly not stopping. These killings have highlighted the ongoing injusticesthat many Tamils still face. There were widespread protests in the following days to opposethe ongoing police brutality.
