Revoking special status hasn’t resolved militancy or improved the local economy – both supposed goals of the move.
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Roshni Kapur is a Research Analyst at the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore where she specialises in conflict resolution, peacebuilding and transitional justice in Sri Lanka. She was a graduate student at the University of Sydney where she majored in Peace and Conflict Studies.