fisherfolk families evicted

What is affected

	Housing private
	Land Social/public
	InfrastructureWater
	InfrastructureWater

Type of violation

Forced eviction
Dispossession/confiscation

Date

17 July 2010

Region

A [ Asia ]

Country

Sri Lanka

Location

Paanama village east of Sri Lanka

Affected persons

	Total 1400
	Men 0
	Women 0
	Children 0
	350 families

Proposed solution

Details

development-dispossession-land-sri-lanka.pdf

Development

Forced eviction

Costs

Duty holder(s) /responsible party(ies)

	State
	Local
	Interntl org.
	Private party

Brief narrative

In 2010, 350 families of farmers and fisherfolk living in Paanama, a coastal village in the east of Sri Lanka, were forcibly and violently evicted from lands they had cultivated and lived on for over forty years. These lands were taken over by the military to establish camps, and they are now being used to promote tourism.

Oxfam calls on the Government of Sri Lanka to implement their decisions on immediate release of these lands back to the community which depends on them for livelihoods and food.

Download Oxfam report

Costs

€ 0

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