The Conflict in Sri Lanka: Ground Realities - Ilankai Tamil Sangam

This Publication is dedicated to the memory of
Maamanithar Joseph Pararajasingham
“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us
will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again
and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”
Nelson Mandela
“States that want to oppress a people do so by breaking their
political will to resist injustice. To do this, oppressing states kill a
society’s intellectuals and journalists who speak for the rights of
their people. They want the Tamils to be intellectually rudderless.
It is easier to enslave a people who have lost their ability to
understand the nature of their oppression.”
Dharmeratnam Sivaram (who was himself shot dead on 28
April 2005) speaking at Memorial Meeting for Slain Batticaloa
Journalist, Aiyathurai Nadesan on 7 August 2004
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