1. Beaten but not Broken: Tamil Women in Sri Lanka
- Author:
- Tasha Manoranjan
- Publication Date:
- 09-2010
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- Walking past an Army checkpoint towards her house, a woman snaps at the soldiers harassing her. These soldiers have taken every opportunity to verbally accost her since she filed an official complaint against police officers stealing her property. Neighbors and friends told Murugesapillai Koneswari, a Tamil mother of four, to simply forget about the police.' s crimes and ignore the daily injustices. However, her actions had already aggravated the military forces in her village. On 17 May 1997, two months after she filed the complaint, police officers barged into her house in the middle of the night and then proceeded to gang rape and kill her.
- Political Geography:
- Sri Lanka