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Against the Memory Police: War and Remembrance in Sri Lanka
The recent destruction of a memorial for Sri Lankan Tamils massacred during the civil war raises important, difficult, questions.
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January 13, 2021
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In a troubling development on the island nation of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan authorities destroyed a monument at the University of Jaffna on January 8. The monument had been established by university students to pay tribute to thousands of Tamils killed by the Sri Lankan military in Mullivaikkal in 2009. The vice-chancellor of the university, S Srisatkunarajah, stated: “There was already a war memorial at the campus. But this new one was erected recently during the 10th anniversary of ending the Sri Lankan war… (it was) installed without permission from authorities.” Moreover, he stated that the memorial is remembering a war, not peace. This argument, however, is wrong: the Sri Lankan government has built countless memorials celeb
By Norman Palihawadane and Dinasena Rathugamage
A death fast commenced by five undergraduates of the Jaffna University came to an end soon after Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. S. Srisatkunarajah laid a foundation stone yesterday for te reconstruction of the Mullivaikkal memorial within the university premises.
The death fast was launched in protest against the demolition of the memorial by the university administration on Friday night.
The policy reversal followed discussions between the university student representatives and the Vice Chancellor on Sunday night.
Yesterday morning the protesting students demanded that the VC himself lay the foundation stone. As the rains were continuing the VC wanted to put it off, but the students demanded that he do as they said despite rains.