What has the international community been doing in Sri Lanka?
So Mahinda Rajapakse has abrogated yet another solemn pact with the Tamils for peace. And, we the Tamil expatriates keep sending his government billions of dollars every year with our spending habits. Our grocery spending is the most grotesque. There are those who ask why? “Why boycott ONLY the Sri Lankan groceries?” Why not the other ways in which the Tamil expatriates are sending money to Sri Lanka? Good question. Indeed, we Tamil expatriates do send billions of dollars to Sri Lanka in ways ‘other’ than with our ‘grocery-money’. There are those of us who buy Sri Lankan textiles in...
The Sri Lankan government is not declaring formally that a military operation into Vanni has already begun.
The undeniable consequence is a strong sense of confidence among Tamils that they can perform better on their own and that secession is not too risky.
On the first anniversary of the death of Mr. Anton Balasingham, we reproduce our sentiments of one year ago.
The current pattern of human rights violations reflects the new dynamics of war.
Sri Lanka is not a failed state. It is actually a powerful and stable, if racist, state.
Tamils have gathered in large numbers across the eglobe to demand their collective rights, including all those due to a people The visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour was preceded by two important events in Sri Lanka. On 24 September, the LTTE issued a statement that coincided with the sessions of the United Nations General Assembly. The statement urged the international community to recognise the concept of the sovereignty of the Tamil people and to give them the opportunity to express their aspirations as in the case of the peoples of Kosovo and East Timor. The...