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University of Toronto Scarborough Library, Archives & Special Collections File
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Anti-Tamil Pogrom Report/article

File contains a report and an article regarding the anti-Tamil pogrom that occured in August 1977. The report details an incident in which a group of armed thugs attacked all Tamil residences in Slave Island, Colombo. The article (2 pages), "Sri Lanka: The Beast in Man," details an incident in which a group of off-duty Sinhalese policemen starting a brawl at a school carnival in Jaffna and how that resulted in mob violence aimed at Tamil communities throughout the country. 

Tamil Prisoners of Welikada & Hunger Strike

File contains two letters written by Mavai Senathirajah and Kasi Ananthan from the Welikada prison to S. J. V. Chelvanayakam regarding their plans for a major hunger strike during the Non-aligned Countries Conference in Colombo in August 1976. Also includes draft brief press release/ notice [?] regarding the Tamil prisoners of Welikada and their hunger strike.

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