Mullaitivu villagers continued their sit-in protest for a fourth day, staying three nights outside an Sri Lankan air force camp.
84 Tamil families whose lands total around 20 acres of the Pilavu settlement have been protesting outside the Sri Lankan air force camp, after authorities failed to keep a promise to release their properties on Tuesday.
Protestors, mostly women with children and elderly women, have refused to move until they have confirmation that they can return to their own lands.
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