Velupillai Pirapaharan, LTTE leader congratulated Diaspora Tamils across the world for rallying together with Pongu Tamil events to strenghten the Tamils struggle for freedom.

At short notice more than 75,000 Tamil Canadians gathered at Downsview Park in Toronto, Canada for a spectacular Pongu Tamil event, forging solidarity for the cause of Eelam, on Saturday, July 5.

Tamil Australians gathered in Melbourne and Sydney over the weekend of 5 and 6 July, to lend their voices to the global show of Tamil solidarity

LTTE leader Mr V. Pirapaharan participated in the Black Tigers commemoration day events held in Vanni on July 5.

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Around 30,000 people attended the Pongu Thamil (Tamil Upsurge) rally in London at the Roehampton Vale sports ground, said the organisers.

Striking a sharp contrast to Colombo's portrayal of Eelam struggle as a terrorist issue, Frances Stewart, the director of CRISE, looks at the crisis as a case of inequalities in political power between the Tamils and Sinhalese.

Setting aside domestic Tamil sensitivities, the Indian government appears to have involved itself in a full-fledged proxy war in Sri Lanka.

T.K. Vilvarajah, secretary of Jaffna Schools Sports Association (JSSA) during late 70's passed away in Ottawa, Canada.

In the third of a series on genocide, a detailed examination of pre-1994 Rwanda and today’s Sri Lanka finds striking parallels.

Tamil Diaspora quarters lament the inability or unwillingness of the International Community to read the Diaspora public opinion.

Tamil youth activists addressed an annual conference of Australia's largest socialist youth organisation, held at the University of Technology in Sydney.

The Ontario based World Tamil Movement will challenge its proscription as a terrorist organisation as opinion across Canada queries the Canadian Governments decision.

TNA Parliamentary leader R. Sampanathan expressed Tamil sadness at an apparent lack of Indian concern about Tamil grievances and mounting human rights violations and genocide committed against the Tamil people.