A collection of agricultural organisations in the North-East of Sri Lanka participated in demonstration and hunger strikes in protest of army actions to stop farmers from working in the Vaddamadu region, reports the Uthayan.
“Sri Lankan defence forces warned us against farming our lands when we tried to farm the land in the manner in which we had done in previous years,” said a farmer to the Uthayan.Over 50 farmers from the North-East of the island are taking part in the hunger strike from several organisations including, Vaddamadu Farming Organisation, Muravenaveddi Farming Organisation, Green Field Farming Organisation, Vaddamadu New Kanda Farming Organisation, Thonikkal South Farming Organisation and Kokkulava Farming Organisation.