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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…

Hopefuls’ flying visits to Jaffna enclaves

Nov 10, 2005
Tamils
Neither Presidential candidate meets the Tamils locals, just the Sinhala troops

Money and guns fuel paramilitary war

Nov 10, 2005
Tamils
Deserters from the Karuna Group offer new insight into the workings of the Sri Lanka Army’s paramilitary campaign.

Slaughter in the wards

Nov 3, 2005
Tamils
Why the massacre of staff and patients at Jaffna hospital become emblematic of the IPKF

Remembering the Jaffna exodus

Nov 2, 2005
Tamils
The displacement of the entire town of Jaffna has had a profound impact on Tamil self-understanding.

‘Dual use’ targets and double standards

Oct 28, 2005
Eelam Cinema

Still no closure, a decade later

Oct 26, 2005
Tamils
Almost every evening, dead bodies were brought there and soldiers were asked to bury them'

EPDP: examining an alternative

Oct 19, 2005
Jana Nayagam
Whilst registered as a political party, the EPDP's primary role is as one the military’s most effective paramilitary groups.

Acrimony brews again over Pulmoddai sands

Oct 5, 2005
Tamils
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka plans to resume mining ilmenite rich sands. The LTTE has vowed to prevent the ''plundering'' of Tamil resources.

Tamil civilisation - is it the oldest?

Oct 4, 2005
N. Parameswaran
Evidence of a civilisation which reached a high level of development, organisation and cultural advancement from as early as 11,000 years ago is emerging in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu furore over moral policing

Oct 4, 2005
Three different instances of moral policing involving academicians, politicians and the police have stirred a hornet’s nest.
Hopefuls’ flying visits to Jaffna enclaves
Money and guns fuel paramilitary war
Slaughter in the wards
Remembering the Jaffna exodus
‘Dual use’ targets and double standards
Still no closure, a decade later
EPDP: examining an alternative
Acrimony brews again over Pulmoddai sands
Tamil civilisation - is it the oldest?
Tamil Nadu furore over moral policing
Hopefuls’ flying visits to Jaffna enclaves
Money and guns fuel paramilitary war
Slaughter in the wards
Remembering the Jaffna exodus
‘Dual use’ targets and double standards
Still no closure, a decade later
EPDP: examining an alternative
Acrimony brews again over Pulmoddai sands
Tamil civilisation - is it the oldest?
Tamil Nadu furore over moral policing