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Karaitivu 1985: A Forgotten Anti-Tamil pogrom in the Shadow of Sri Lanka’s Genocide
File photograph: Karaitivu Beach (Gowshan Nandakumar) It was a quiet morning on 12 April 1985 when Karaitivu, a small coastal Tamil village in the Amparai district of Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province, was plunged into terror. As villagers prepared to celebrate the Tamil New Year, armed mobs - composed largely of Muslim men and backed by Sri Lankan security forces - descended upon the village and…

Where are the ‘missing’ Tamils?

Jul 27, 2006
Andrew Mills
Western officials, rights watchdogs sound alarm

‘They took me to Colombo and tortured me’

Jul 15, 2006
Seth Meixner
Tamils who fled Sri Lankan military harassment are in limbo amid rising violence

‘Undeclared’ war takes toll in Jaffna

Jul 15, 2006
Seth Meixner
“Anything can happen at any time,” M. V. Kanamylnathan, chief editor of the Tamil-language newspaper Uthayan said from his offices.

Balasingham: Sri Lanka can still avert new war

Jun 1, 2006
In a wide ranging interview, the Liberation Tigers’ theoretician and chief negotiator, Mr. Anton Balasingham elucidated the LTTE’s view on the recent controversy stirred by the international ceasefire monitors comments on the Sea Tigers, on the performance of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) and on the escalating cycle of violence.

‘We won a mandate backing the LTTE’

Jun 1, 2006
The coalition of Sri Lanka’s four largest political parties, criticizes the European Union’s stance on the ethnic conflict.

NGOs implicated in pornographic DVDs

May 18, 2006
Sexual abuse has taken place mainly in some of the worst tsunami-affected areas.

LTTE navy 'sophisticated, impressive'

May 18, 2006
Sea Tigers’ merchant navy can compete with small island state, study says.

Sri Lanka's big fleet of little boats

May 18, 2006
Harold C. Hutchison
The Sri Lankan navy also has 83 small patrol craft from American, Israeli, British, Korean, French, and Sri Lankan sources.

‘Pre-planned rioting as police stood by’

May 5, 2006
A group of NGO representatives investigate the anti-Tamil riot of April 16.

Military air strikes fuel fear and hate

May 5, 2006
Soutik Biswas
One of the first journalists to reach the LTTE-held territory of Muthur - bombarded by Sri Lankan forces last month - meets both Tigers and residents.
Where are the ‘missing’ Tamils?
‘They took me to Colombo and tortured me’
‘Undeclared’ war takes toll in Jaffna
Balasingham: Sri Lanka can still avert new war
‘We won a mandate backing the LTTE’
NGOs implicated in pornographic DVDs
LTTE navy 'sophisticated, impressive'
Sri Lanka's big fleet of little boats
‘Pre-planned rioting as police stood by’
Military air strikes fuel fear and hate
Where are the ‘missing’ Tamils?
‘They took me to Colombo and tortured me’
‘Undeclared’ war takes toll in Jaffna
Balasingham: Sri Lanka can still avert new war
‘We won a mandate backing the LTTE’
NGOs implicated in pornographic DVDs
LTTE navy 'sophisticated, impressive'
Sri Lanka's big fleet of little boats
‘Pre-planned rioting as police stood by’
Military air strikes fuel fear and hate