Editorial

Editorial

Latest news from and about the homeland

The arithmetic of a grave
This week, the number of skeletal remains uncovered at Chemmani reached a stark record of 387. With that figure, a patch of earth on the edge of Jaffna town became the largest mass grave ever uncovered on the island, surpassing the 376 remains recovered at Mannar. Recent days alone have seen the bodies of several children exhumed, alongside beads and bangles. These are the contents of the…

Hostages

Jun 23, 2009
Lead Story
Sri Lanka is – again – trying to make money through Tamil suffering.

The Liberal Moment

Jun 2, 2009
Lead Story
These are both revealing and defining times for the Tamils and Sri Lanka.

Our Holocaust

May 12, 2009
Lead Story
The struggle for Tamil liberation is entering a new phase.

Disconnect and Mobilisation

Apr 28, 2009
Lead Story
The West wants the Tamils to make it easy and forget the genocide.

Great Expectations

Apr 14, 2009
Lead Story
How will Western liberal states respond to the Tamils’ appeals?

Futile Wait

Mar 31, 2009
Lead Story
Sri Lanka’s slaughter reveals the fiction of international liberalism.

Different Certainties

Mar 17, 2009
Lead Story
How international belief in a fictional Sri Lanka fuels the slaughter.

State Security

Mar 3, 2009
Lead Story
The Tamils’ security depends on their own efforts - and nothing else.

The Will to Resist

Feb 17, 2009
Despite the massacres, the Tamils will not submit to Sinhala rule.

False Gods

Feb 3, 2009
Lead Story
The Co-Chairs have left the Tamil people’s fate in their hands.
Hostages
The Liberal Moment
Our Holocaust
Disconnect and Mobilisation
Great Expectations
Futile Wait
Different Certainties
State Security
The Will to Resist
False Gods
Living Horror
Hostages
The Liberal Moment
Our Holocaust
Disconnect and Mobilisation
Great Expectations
Futile Wait
Different Certainties
State Security
The Will to Resist