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2021 මාර්තු 9මාධ්‍ය සම්බන්ධීකරණය:අනුරාධා මිත්තල්, [email protected] +1 510-530-5126

உடனடி வெளியீட்டுக்காக- மார்ச் 9 2021 காலை 8.00 மணிஊடக தொடர்பு : Anuradha Mittal; [email protected] +1 510-530-5126

உடனடி வெளியீட்டுக்காக- மார்ச் 9 2021 காலை 8.00 மணிஊடக தொடர்பு : Anuradha Mittal; [email protected] +1 510-530-5126

These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) summarize some of the key findings and analysis of the Oakland Institute’s new report, Endless War: The Destroyed Land, Life, and Identity of the Tamil People in Sri Lanka. Why is the conflict in Sri Lanka characterized as an “Endless War?” The ethnic conflict that erupted after Sri Lanka's independence from Britain in 1948 escalated into an armed conflict in the 1980s.

The Destroyed Land, Life, and Identity of the Tamil People in Sri Lanka ---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- March 7, 2021; 10:00PM PT Media Contact:Anuradha Mittal, [email protected]; +1 510-530-5126 As the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) prepares to address the situation in Sri Lanka, a new report details how 12 years after the brutal end of the civil war, the island nation is increasingly an ethnocratic state — intensifying the colonization and Sinhalisation of Tamil lands.

---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- February 18, 2021 Media Contact:Anuradha Mittal, [email protected]; +1 510-530-5126 The H-2A “guest worker” program, which allows US firms to recruit farmworkers from other countries has grown dramatically in recent years to reach over 250,000 workers in 2020. Contract workers under the program face living and working conditions that have been called “close to slavery,” with their basic rights denied by their status.

---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- January 26, 2021 Media Contact:Anuradha Mittal [email protected] +1 510-530-5126 Oakland, CA — Since taking power in 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte has waged a brutal war on farmers — there have been 311 documented killings of peasants, farmworkers, and fisherfolk related to land dispute cases and agrarian reform advocacy. These are not random or isolated killings, but targeted assassinations carried out against peasant farmers struggling for a better future.

---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- December 3, 2020 Media Contact:Anuradha Mittal [email protected] +1 510-530-5126 Oakland, CA — After northeastern Nicaragua took direct hits from two massive hurricanes in November, the full consequences for the Indigenous Miskitu and Mayangna communities are only now coming into view. Hurricanes Eta and Iota slammed into the area surrounding the regional capital of Bilwi on November 3 and 16, respectively, demolishing several coastal Miskitu communities and having devastating effects for many other communities throughout the region.

---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- October 29, 2020 Media Contact:Anuradha Mittal [email protected] +1 510-469-5228 The government of Nicaragua has made millions of hectares available for mining, logging, and cattle ranching — attracting transnational corporations and driving thousands of colonos to autonomous regions at the expense of Indigenous lives and livelihoods. A handful of transnational corporations have taken control over the country’s vast mining concessions — key among them being Canada’s B2Gold and Calibre Mining and the UK’s Condor Gold.