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Remembering Sivaram - 20 years since the killing of leading Tamil journalist
Today marks the 20th anniversary since the abduction and murder of Tamil journalist Dharmeratnam Sivaram. Sivaram, popularly known under his nom-de-plume Taraki, was abducted in front of Bambalipitiya police station in Colombo on April 28 and was found dead several hours later in a high security zone in Sri Lanka's capital, which at the time had a heavy police and military presence due to the…

Close the camps in Sri Lanka

Oct 27, 2009
Lead Story
Canada's Toronto Star calls for the closing of the internment camps in Sri Lanka

Colombo’s victory over the Tamils shows India’s power is on the wane

Oct 27, 2009
Brahma Chellaney
Thousands of non-combatants, according to the United Nations, were killed in the final phase of the Sri Lankan war this year as government forces overran the Tamil Tiger guerrillas.

Time to support the Tamils, say British Conservatives

Oct 27, 2009
Increasing involvement in British politics and reciprocal openness of the British political parties was marked by a part-televised event held in Essex Sunday where several incumbent and prospective parliamentarians from the British Conservative party reached out to their Tamil constituencies and articulated their positions on the conflict and its consequences in Sri Lanka.

Politically active Tamil diaspora youths under British spotlight

Oct 27, 2009
Taking a look into the new political activism of the current generation of diaspora Tamil youths, Financial Times, a premier British Daily, said the "ending [of the war] in Sri Lanka was also a beginning," and many youths experienced a political awakening after devoting a lot of time to the protests and some missing a year of their college.

‘My life in Menik farm IDP camp from March to July 2009’

Oct 13, 2009
This is a personal narrative by someone who was an inmate of the Menik Farm IDP camp from March to July this year.

As the shells fell, we tried to save lives with no blood or medicine'

Sep 29, 2009
Gethin Chamberlain
The young mother was standing by the side of the road, clutching her baby. The baby was dead. Damilvany Gnanakumar watched as she tried to make a decision. Around them, thousands of people were picking their way between bodies strewn across the road, desperate to escape the fighting all around them.

Witness to Thileepan’s fast

Sep 15, 2009
Adele Balasingham
As we entered the premises of the Nallur Kandasamy temple we were confronted by a sea of people seated on the white sands under the blazing sun.

‘Rebellion or mass suicide only outcome if this continues’

Aug 4, 2009
This is an eyewitness report from someone who had personal exposure to the suffering of Tamils in the Manik Farm concentration camp.

Policy on Tamils haunts India

Jul 21, 2009
SETTING the parameters based on 13th amendment and ruling out a federal solution, the Colombo – Chennai – New Delhi axis is learnt to be pressurising Tamil political circles to come out with a political formula, as early as possible, to hastily close the file on Tamil nationalism and to hide all skeletons under the cupboard.

Justifying a costly war in Sri Lanka

Jul 21, 2009
Lydia Polgreen
More than 2,000 years ago, a Sinhalese king named Dutugemunu saddled up his elephant and headed north to fight and kill Elara, an invading Tamil king from India.
Close the camps in Sri Lanka
Colombo’s victory over the Tamils shows India’s power is on the wane
Time to support the Tamils, say British Conservatives
Politically active Tamil diaspora youths under British spotlight
‘My life in Menik farm IDP camp from March to July 2009’
As the shells fell, we tried to save lives with no blood or medicine'
Witness to Thileepan’s fast
‘Rebellion or mass suicide only outcome if this continues’
Policy on Tamils haunts India
Justifying a costly war in Sri Lanka
Close the camps in Sri Lanka
Colombo’s victory over the Tamils shows India’s power is on the wane
Time to support the Tamils, say British Conservatives
Politically active Tamil diaspora youths under British spotlight
‘My life in Menik farm IDP camp from March to July 2009’
As the shells fell, we tried to save lives with no blood or medicine'
Witness to Thileepan’s fast
‘Rebellion or mass suicide only outcome if this continues’
Policy on Tamils haunts India
Justifying a costly war in Sri Lanka