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New interactive map reveals extent of militarisation and Sinhalisation across North-East

A new interactive map reveals the extent of militarisation and Sinhalisation across the North-East, providing details of military installations, Sinhala colonisation and Buddhist Viharas.

See here.

Launched by the US based Tamil rights group, USTPAC, the map remained yet to reach full completion due to the on-going campaign of intimidation and terror by military, map developers told Tamil Guardian.

# "The work is painstaking and slow due to the Sri Lankan state's campaign but the second draft UNHRC resolution dropping the word 'demilitarization' and the renewed terror campaign we've seen over recent days by the mono-ethnic military warranted us releasing the data before it was complete."

05:18 GMT 17/03/2014

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