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Abarna Selvarajah

Abarna Selvarajah is a PhD candidate in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), housed in the University of Toronto.

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Refusal and Resistance: the Sri Lankan state’s failure in Sivanagar, Kilinochchi.

During the last stages of war, the Sri Lankan army repeatedly shelled the Kilinochchi district, destroying resistance infrastructure, peoples’ homes, and many of the villages that surrounded the main city.

May 11, 2026
Refusal and Resistance: the Sri Lankan state’s failure in Sivanagar, Kilinochchi.