16 documents and resources to explore.
16th Oct, 2022
Ensuring the land rights of farmers, fishers and plantation workers is the best way out of this food crisis. - People’s Alliance for Right to Land
1. Situation of food crisis Sri Lanka is undergoing an economic crisis rife with food insecurity, imperiled livelihoods and dire shortages of essential items such as medicine. Severe food shorta...
13th Dec, 2021
Media Literacy Training Workshop for PARL Regional Young Activists begins today.
A three day residential workshop organized by the People's Alliance for Right to Land to promote media literacy among young activists working with our regional networks and communities starts in Co...
27th Sep, 2021
[ Infographics]People's struggle to return home: Mullikulam,Mannar - GoSL, WHERE IS THE LAND RELEASE YOU PROMISED THE PEOPLE?
Mullikulam is a coastal fishing village in South Mannar. The villagers were displaced on the 8th of September 2007 (initially displaced in 1990 and resettled in 2003), when they were evacuated by t...
17th Sep, 2021
Request for a transparent process with adequate time period to provide information on military occupation of private land in the Jaffna District [Letter by PARL Northern Regional Network]
17th September, 2021 Mr. Kanapathypillai Mahesan, Government Agent, District Secretariat, Jaffna Rgrd: Request for a more transparent process with adequate time perio...
16th Sep, 2021
[Part1 -Dispossession ] - People's Land Commission report summary
From today, a summary of the People's Land Commission Report will be published daily in as a series of articles in English, Sinhala and Tamil. This is the first article of the series. What...
15th Sep, 2021
The People’s Land Commission: An Introduction
The People’s Land Commission: An Introduction Motive Access and control of land not only reinforces economic stability, but is also a symbolic representation of a person’s dignity a...
9th Aug, 2021
The People’s Land Commission Report is now online
The People’s Land Commission was initiated with the objective of studying the many problems and consequential impacts faced by communities as a result of existing land policies, land la...
24th Jun, 2020
BRIEF NOTE & COMMENTARY- Presidential Task Force for Archaeological Heritage Management in the Eastern Province
Image Credit- Tamil Guardian The President of Sri Lanka established the ‘Presidential Task Force for Archaeological Heritage Management in the Eastern Province’ by Gazette Extra...
15th Jun, 2020
Statement on the Presidential Task Forces
Image Credit- News Wire We, the undersigned from civil society express grave concern regarding the establishment of a spate of Presidential Task Forces in the last few months....
20th May, 2020
PARL Statement on recent developments in Pottuvil Muhudu Maha Viharaya
20th May, 2020 PARL Statement on recent developments in Pottuvil Muhudu Maha Viharaya: Misuse of land acquisition laws and the military The People’s Alliance for Right to Land (PARL...
11th Feb, 2020
PARL Statement in Solidarity with Panama land struggle
Image Credit : Vikalpa.org Five years following Cabinet Decision to return – Panama people still not home PARL Statement in Solidarity with Panama land struggle Today marks five ye...
16th Oct, 2019
Letter to HRCSL intervention on Sencholai Model Village land dispute
16th October, 2019 Mr. Thangavel Kanagaraj, Regional Coordinator, Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, Regional Office, Jaffna Dear Mr. Kanagaraj, Rgrd: HRCSL i...
30th Jan, 2019
Statement on the ongoing struggle by the villagers of Keppapulavu to reclaim their lands
Image Credit : Vikalpa.org/ Sampath Samarakoon 30th January, 2019 Statement on the ongoing struggle by the villagers of Keppapulavu to reclaim their lands We, the People’s Allia...
15th Jan, 2019
Release Keppapulavu ( Letter to President)
Image Credit : Unframed.org/ Ishara Danasekara 15th January, 2019 Dear President, On the 4th of October 2018, the Presidential Media Division reported that “President Mait...
27th Dec, 2018
Keep the Presidential Promise - release land by 31st December 2018
Image Credit : Marisa De Silva To: President Maithripala Sirisena Cc. Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe & Leaders of Political Parties Keep the Presidential Promis...
29th Aug, 2018
Land Struggle of the people in North and East- PARL Land Brief
29 August 2018 To: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) From: The Peoples’ Alliance for the Right to Land (PARL)* This brief highlights the dilemma faced by war-affected peopl...