A demonstration was held in Mullaitivu recently under the patronage of the Jaffna Press Club condemning the alleged attack on two Tamil correspondents while they were working on a story on illegal deforestation.
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9 corpses of COVID-19 victims buried at Ottamavadi
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Demo against burial of COVID-19 victims in Iranatheewu
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