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#3496788

30 November 2018

Plastic garbage in the polluted Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 30, 2018. Bangladesh has been reportedly ranked 10th out of the top 20 plastic polluter in the world with the Buriganga river known as one of the most polluted rivers in the country due to rampant dumping of industrial and human waste. Like many developing countries, Bangladesh lacks the infrastructure to effectively manage their waste which causes problems in keeping the waters safe for human and aquatic life while dozens of tanneries on the banks of the river contribute industrial waste into the ground water. With June 5 designated by the United Nations as World Environment Day, Buriganga symbolizes the general state of many rivers in Bangladesh where growing levels of pollutants and plastic waste consume oxygen in the river, affecting seafood while fish consume bits of plastic which mimics their natural food sources and eventually lands on the dinner table.

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30 November 2018

Plastic garbage in the polluted Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 30, 2018. Bangladesh has been reportedly ranked 10th out of the top 20 plastic polluter in the world with the Buriganga river known as one of the most polluted rivers in the country due to rampant dumping of industrial and human waste. Like many developing countries, Bangladesh lacks the infrastructure to effectively manage their waste which causes problems in keeping the waters safe for human and aquatic life while dozens of tanneries on the banks of the river contribute industrial waste into the ground water. With June 5 designated by the United Nations as World Environment Day, Buriganga symbolizes the general state of many rivers in Bangladesh where growing levels of pollutants and plastic waste consume oxygen in the river, affecting seafood while fish consume bits of plastic which mimics their natural food sources and eventually lands on the dinner table.

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30 November 2018

Plastic garbage in the polluted Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 30, 2018. Bangladesh has been reportedly ranked 10th out of the top 20 plastic polluter in the world with the Buriganga river known as one of the most polluted rivers in the country due to rampant dumping of industrial and human waste. Like many developing countries, Bangladesh lacks the infrastructure to effectively manage their waste which causes problems in keeping the waters safe for human and aquatic life while dozens of tanneries on the banks of the river contribute industrial waste into the ground water. With June 5 designated by the United Nations as World Environment Day, Buriganga symbolizes the general state of many rivers in Bangladesh where growing levels of pollutants and plastic waste consume oxygen in the river, affecting seafood while fish consume bits of plastic which mimics their natural food sources and eventually lands on the dinner table.

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#3154480

15 September 2018

Members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154482

15 September 2018

Painting depicting a Tamil woman behind a barbed-wire fence as members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154484

15 September 2018

Painting depicting Tamil women behind a barbed-wire fence as members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154486

15 September 2018

Painting depicting Tamils behind a barbed-wire fence as members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154488

15 September 2018

Sign for the proposed upcoming Tamil referendum in the year 2020 as members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154490

15 September 2018

Members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154492

15 September 2018

Boy holds a sign as members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154494

15 September 2018

Members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154496

15 September 2018

Members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154498

15 September 2018

Members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154500

15 September 2018

Members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154502

15 September 2018

Members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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#3154504

15 September 2018

Members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam protest against the Mahaweli Irrigation Project and the occupation of traditional Tamil lands in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankan Army. The protest took place outside city hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 14, 2018. The Mahaweli Irrigation Project (Mahaweli Development Program) was initiated in 1961 and is the largest multipurpose national development Program in the history of Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan government, the purpose of the project is the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, and settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River. Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils oppose the project as many see it simply as a land-grab scheme by the Sri Lankan government to displace Tamils and settle Sinhalese on traditional Tamil lands. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a government in exile among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora which aims to keep alive the idea of Tamil Eelam, a state which TGTE aspires to create in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka.

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