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Tamil MP urges immediate halt to forest department’s land grabs

May 29, 2025

Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) MP Shanmugam Kugathasan issued a sharp rebuke in Sri Lanka's Parliament earlier this month, calling for an immediate end to what he described as land seizures by Sri Lanka's Forest Department in the Trincomalee district, which have severely disrupted the livelihoods of hundreds of Tamil farmers.

Eleven Rameshwaram fishermen return to Tamil Nadu after months in Sri Lankan custody

May 29, 2025

After more than four months in Sri Lankan custody, eleven Tamil Nadu fishermen were repatriated to Chennai on 21 May 2025, following sustained diplomatic efforts and appeals by their families and Indian government officials.

Fonseka dismisses genocide claims, slams president for allowing Tamil commemorations

May 29, 2025

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka lashed out Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, rejecting his framing of the armed conflict as a struggle pursued “by all parties for peace” and for allowing Tamil genocide commemorations to take place in the North-East.

Tamil families of the disappeared continue to protest in Amparai

May 29, 2025

Families of the forcibly disappeared staged a poignant protest in Thirukkovil on May 28, demanding justice and answers from the state

‘Go to some other country’ – Indian Supreme Court decides to deport former LTTE member

May 28, 2025

JNU students hold Mullivaikkal vigil, draw parallels between Tamil and Palestinian genocides

May 28, 2025

Students and activists at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi held a candlelight vigil this May to commemorate the genocide of Tamils in Mullivaikkal, marking the 16th anniversary of the mass atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan state in May 2009.