<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/21647/103198/post_image_gallery/aaf9710d353dd014bf9ee131135f6d65/276990653_5305052172890613_1060184346029531597_n.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/21647/103198/post_image_gallery/fd9d394346dc1a3c71370153f3b0366d/277000112_5305052249557272_8923910363947481911_n.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/21647/103198/post_image_gallery/c6c216bf59eede5e76f59b9b586c0272/277078591_5305052226223941_8677126459714166472_n.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>Sri Lankan Police officers, deployed in large numbers, attempt to stop Tamil's protesting Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to Jaffna. The protestors proceeded to tear down banners announcing Mahinda's visit, in fierce opposition to the Rajapksa regime. The Tamil families of the disappeared and civil society have been calling on the international community since the end of the armed conflict to investigate human rights abuses and enforced disappearances perpetrated by Sri Lanka. Mahinda Rajapaksa, the then President of Sri Lanka, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa who served as the Defence Secretary, oversaw the genocidal offensive, which killed tens of thousands of Tamils at the end of the armed conflict in May 2009. __________ For more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.tamilguardian.com\">www.tamilguardian.com</a>

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March 20th - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Party Visit to Tamil Land

Human Rights

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