This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Nagarkovil massacre, where the Sri Lankan air force bombed a school in Jaffna killing dozens of Tamil school children.
Dr Kasipillai Manoharan, the father of Ragihar Manoharan, one of five Tamil students summarily executed by Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force (STF) in Trincomalee in 2006, has died in exile at the age of 74, without ever seeing justice delivered for his son’s murder.
Last week, Tamil farmers in Mayilaththamadu and Mathavanai marked 730 consecutive days of protest. For two years, through scorching heat and monsoon rains, they have maintained a peaceful vigil, demanding the return of 3,025 hectares of grazing land and an end to Sinhala settler violence. Despite their longstanding and peaceful protest, their demands have fallen on deaf ears.
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Thalapathy Vijay has said LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran gave Eelam Tamils a “mother’s love”, as he voiced solidarity with Tamils in the North-East and across the diaspora.
A bust of Lt. Col. Thileepan was unveiled in Nallur, Jaffna, this evening to honour his enduring legacy as the Tamil nation marks 38 years since his fast unto death.
Thileepan, born Rasiah Partheepan, was a political wing leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who undertook a hunger strike urging the Indian government to fulfil its pledges to the Tamil people.
Sri Lankan police removed a photograph of Lt. Col. Thileepan and flags from a memorial site in Trincomalee yesterday, following four days of commemorations by local residents.
The sixth day of Lt. Col. Thileepan's hunger strike was commemorated this morning Nallur, Jaffna, with local residents gathering to remember his protest.
The LTTE's political wing leader launched his hunger strike on 15th September 1987, to call on the Indian government to honour their pledges made under the Indo-Lanka accord.
A new report by CIVICUS has warned that civic space in Sri Lanka remains “repressed” under the government of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, despite the president’s campaign promises to dismantle draconian laws and expand democratic rights.
Tamil Guardian hosted a sold-out screening of the film 'Little Jaffna' last week in London, which was followed by a question-and-answer session with director Lawrence Valin and several cast members.
