Living with the scars of war – New documentary travels to the Tamil homeland
A new documentary aired on TRT World last week, travelled to the Tamil homeland and spoke to former LTTE fighters, activists and journalists on the situation almost 16 years after the end of the armed conflict.
Amongst those interviewed were former LTTE fighter Kokilavany Navalan, Tamil politician Ananthy Sasitharan and journalist Kumanan Kanapathipillai.
They spoke about the ongoing struggles in the North-East such as alcoholism and drug abuse, the push to find those who were abducted and disappeared by the Sri Lankan state and the ongoing attacks, intimidation and surveillance of journalists in the North-East.
Watch the full documentary below.