AHAM Humanitarian Resource Center Expresses Solidarity with the Peaceful Struggle for the Mylathamadu–Mathavanai Grazing Lands

15 September 2025

On 15 September 2025, the AHAM Humanitarian Resource Center (AHRC) expressed its solidarity with the peaceful protest of livestock farmers advocating for their rights to the Mylathamadu–Mathavanai grazing lands in Batticaloa District.

For 730 consecutive days, livestock farmers have continued their non-violent campaign, calling on the Government of Sri Lanka to officially allocate the Mylathamadu–Mathavanai grazing lands to traditional cattle owners and to formalize this decision through publication in the Government Gazette. Through this prolonged peaceful struggle, the farming community has appealed to both the Government of Sri Lanka and the international community to recognize and protect their traditional grazing rights.

In support of this long-standing campaign, representatives of the AHAM Humanitarian Resource Center (AHRC) participated in the protest and expressed their solidarity with the affected farming communities. AHRC reaffirmed its commitment to supporting peaceful, rights-based advocacy and the protection of the livelihoods and land rights of local communities.

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