Peace and Conflict Timeline (PACT) » Sinhala resettlement http://pact.lk The interactive timeline of conflict in Sri Lanka Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:19:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 December 1984 http://pact.lk/1984/ http://pact.lk/1984/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:04:27 +0000 pact team http://pact.lk/?p=4194 Military forces evict Tamils from 5 GS Divisions in the Mullaitivu District, from Tennemaravady in Trincomalee District and from Manal Aru to Weli Oya.

The first evictions were conducted allegedly through harassment by newly settled convicts who were backed by the military forces. The final order was broadcast to the villages by the armed forces using loudspeakers on Christmas Eve, 1984. The people were given 24 hours to vacate. Nearly 2,700 Tamil families were forcibly evicted. The first Sinhalese settlers brought in were prisoners from Open Prison Camp who established themselves in the Kent and Dollar farms. The attempt to solve the issue under terms of the Indo-Lanka Accord, which provided for the return of displaced persons, was not successful owing to the outbreak of war between the LTTE and the IPKF.

Source
Padaviya-Wli Oya: Bearing the burden of ideology, University Teachers For Human Rights (Jaffna) Information Bulletin No.4, 13 February 1995.

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]]> http://pact.lk/1984/feed/ 0 1956 http://pact.lk/1956/ http://pact.lk/1956/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:14:02 +0000 pact team http://pact.lk/?p=4181 Similar to Gal Oya, Sinhalese employees on the Padaviya scheme attack Tamils in the area. This historical event made Padaviya a natural base for extending military backed settlements into the North-East from mid-1984 onwards.

Source
Padaviya-Wli Oya: Bearing the burden of ideology, University Teachers For Human Rights (Jaffna) Information Bulletin No.4, 13 February 1995.

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