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EU delegation granted access to Chemmani mass grave as tally reaches 454
A delegation from the European Union is to visit the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna on Wednesday morning, after the Jaffna Magistrate's Court granted permission for the inspection on Monday, in the latest instance of international attention on a site where excavations continue to unearth evidence of atrocity. The visit comes amid sustained calls from Tamil families, human rights groups and…
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Urimaikkaha Ezhu Tamila 2026: Youth take up call for Tamil self-determination

Jul 21, 2026
Tamils from across Europe gathered in Brussels for the annual Urimaikkaha Ezhu Tamila protest, reaffirming calls for Tamil Eelam, justice for the Tamil genocide and the right of the Tamil nation to self-determination.

Pungudutivu fishermen protest against Indian trawler incursions

Jul 21, 2026
Fishermen in Pungudutivu have protested against continued incursions by Indian trawlers into waters off the Tamil homeland, saying bottom trawling from Tamil Nadu has destroyed crab nets worth millions of rupees and is steadily eroding their livelihoods.

Valikamam North residents continue protest against military land occupation

Jul 21, 2026
Residents of Valikamam North staged a protest at Palaly Junction for the fifth consecutive week, demanding the return of lands and homes that have remained under Sri Lankan military occupation for 36 years.
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Valikamam North council will move to demolish unauthorised military hospital, says Sumanthiran

Jul 20, 2026
The Valikamam North Pradeshiya Sabha has the legal power to demolish a Sri Lankan military hospital being built in Vasavilan without local authority approval, and will proceed to do so if the military ignores its notices, President's Counsel M. A. Sumanthiran has said.
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Tamil MPs join Keppapilavu residents as Tamil land protest continues

Jul 20, 2026
Residents of Keppapilavu in Mullaitivu marked the 25th consecutive day of their renewed protest on Saturday, demanding the full return of ancestral lands that remain under Sri Lankan military occupation.

'A living language' - Singapore PM vows to keep Tamil flourishing

Jul 20, 2026
Marking the Singapore Tamil Teachers' Union's 75th anniversary, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong paid tribute to the city-state's Tamil educators and pledged continued state support to keep Tamil thriving, in one of the few countries where the language holds official status.

Possible conjoined twins and seated burial among latest Chemmani discoveries as toll reaches 446

Jul 20, 2026
The remains of two infants found joined together, provisionally recorded as possible conjoined twins, and a skeleton buried in a seated position are among the discoveries of the past three days, as the number of skeletal remains identified at the Jaffna site rose to 446.

Valikamam North landowners mark 13th week of protests over occupied lands

Jul 20, 2026
Tamil landowners from Valikamam North have held their 13th consecutive Friday protest outside the military commander's bungalow in Myliddy, demanding the return of land seized under a 2013 defence ministry gazette and still held within a High Security Zone more than three decades after they were displaced.
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Chemmani toll rises to 420 as more children’s remains unearthed

Jul 17, 2026
The toll at the Chemmani mass grave has risen to 420 skeletal remains, with investigators again uncovering the remains of infants and children after excavations resumed in Jaffna this week.

Jaffna residents demand action over Kakkaitheevu waste crisis

Jul 17, 2026
Jaffna residents protest against Kakkaitheevu waste centre over alleged health and environmental hazards
"" Urimaikkaha Ezhu Tamila 2026: Youth take up call for Tamil self-determination
Pungudutivu fishermen protest against Indian trawler incursions
Valikamam North residents continue protest against military land occupation
"" Valikamam North council will move to demolish unauthorised military hospital, says Sumanthiran
"" Tamil MPs join Keppapilavu residents as Tamil land protest continues
'A living language' - Singapore PM vows to keep Tamil flourishing
Possible conjoined twins and seated burial among latest Chemmani discoveries as toll reaches 446
Valikamam North landowners mark 13th week of protests over occupied lands
"" Chemmani toll rises to 420 as more children’s remains unearthed
Jaffna residents demand action over Kakkaitheevu waste crisis
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Urimaikkaha Ezhu Tamila 2026: Youth take up call for Tamil self-determination
Pungudutivu fishermen protest against Indian trawler incursions
Valikamam North residents continue protest against military land occupation
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Valikamam North council will move to demolish unauthorised military hospital, says Sumanthiran
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Tamil MPs join Keppapilavu residents as Tamil land protest continues
'A living language' - Singapore PM vows to keep Tamil flourishing
Possible conjoined twins and seated burial among latest Chemmani discoveries as toll reaches 446
Valikamam North landowners mark 13th week of protests over occupied lands
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Chemmani toll rises to 420 as more children’s remains unearthed
Jaffna residents demand action over Kakkaitheevu waste crisis