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(Photos Tamil Guardian) |
A protest was held in front of the police station in Ilavalai, demanding the return of the land on which it was built.
The owners of the land in the village near Jaffna said 13 houses and 8 plots of farm land were taken over by Sri Lanka's authorities to build the police station and demanded its immediate release.
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TNA discusses appropriation of Tamil land with UN under-secretary general (28 February 2015)
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