Remembering the Black Tigers

Tamil Affairs Jul 05

21 Black Tiger elite commandos who took part in the raid on a Sri Lankan airbase in Anuradhapura, 2007

On July 5, Eelam Tamils across the world remember and mourn the sacrifices made by the LTTE's elite women and men, the Black Tigers. “Karumpuli Naal” marks the sacrifice made by the first Black Tiger, Captain Miller, or Vallipuram Vasanthan, 39 years ago.

'We have to keep this revolution alive' - Rebecca Devika Dharmpalan
Tamil Affairs Jul 03

Seventeen years on, Kepapilavu residents still blocked from ancestral lands
Tamil Affairs Jul 03
Tamil families in Kepapilavu have continued their protest for a ninth consecutive day, demanding the immediate release of 59.5 acres of ancestral residential land still occupied by the Sri Lankan military more than 17 years after the end of the armed conflict.
Sri Lanka attends Khamenei funeral as Iran's allies gather to mourn
Tamil Affairs Jul 03
The Sri Lankan government will be represented at the state funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran this weekend, in another sign of the island’s long-standing ties with Iran, a state that provided military, financial and diplomatic support to Colombo during its war on Tamils.
Valikamam North landowners protest for 11th week against military occupation
Tamil Affairs Jul 03

TNC urges Vijay to unite behind Eelam Tamil self-determination
Jul 03
TNC's memorandum calls for a federal constitution recognising the Tamil nation, rejects Sri Lanka's unitary framework, criticises the 13th Amendment, and urges an all-party initiative in Tamil Nadu
Sanctioned ex-Navy chief Karannagoda arrested over Rajapaksa recruitment probe
Jul 03
Former Navy commander Wasantha Karannagoda, a UK- and US-sanctioned figure accused of serious human rights violations, has been arrested over allegations that he helped alter naval recruitment procedures to benefit Yoshitha Rajapaksa.
Court orders Sallay to hand over passwords in Easter Sunday probe
Tamil Affairs Jul 02

The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court has ordered former State Intelligence Service Director Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay to provide the Criminal Investigation Department with the passwords to his mobile phone and computer as part of the ongoing investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings.

The Isle of the Goddess: Nagapooshani Amman's Mahotsavam and the battle over Nainativu's identity
Tamil Affairs Jul 02
The annual Mahotsavam of the historic Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple concluded this week, its closing days drawing thousands of devotees to an island whose ancient Hindu and Naga heritage is increasingly being overshadowed by a state-driven project of Sinhala Buddhist majoritarianism.
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