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Remembering Pon. Sivakumaran 52 years on
Today marks 52 years since the death of Ponnuthurai Sivakumaran, the first Tamil to die in the liberation struggle.  Sivakumaran was a member of the Tamil Manavar Peravai (or Tamil Student Federation, TSF) and a leading militant in the early armed Tamil struggle. With decades of Sri Lankan state repression and deadly anti-Tamil pogroms already having taken place, Tamil militant…

One woman's plight is a reflection of life in Jaffna

Feb 23, 2007
They spoke fluent Sinhala. That is why I suspect the army of having taken my husband.

Britain mulls bigger role in Sri Lanka

Feb 23, 2007
We'd be delighted to become more involved in helping to facilitate the peace process.'

Gang rape, executions and a cover up

Feb 6, 2007
An investigative report says missing aid workers were executed by paramilitaries of the Karuna Group which abducted them.

Donors unlikely to stop Sri Lanka's drive for war

Feb 6, 2007
Amantha Perera
The Sri Lankan government is unlikely to heed the advice of donors to resume talks with the LTTE.

Donor reps inspect conditions in Northeast

Feb 6, 2007
The summary report of Bilateral Donor Group after their visits to Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Mannar, Vavuniya and Jaffna districts.

Sri Lanka: a graveyard of pacts

Jan 29, 2007
P. K. Balachandran
Most of the pacts abrogated in Sri Lanka have been on the Tamil question.

Civil war haunts Sri Lanka again

Jan 23, 2007
Chris Morris
“I've never known a government which has fallen into ethnic chauvinism so quickly.”

Growth statistics mask deepening economic crisis

Jan 23, 2007
The Economist
There is a growing scepticism about the veracity of Sri Lanka's GDP statistics.

A day of national grief

Dec 26, 2006
All sections of Tamil society came together in common appreciation of the freedom struggle.

Depopulation is part of Rajapakse's genocidal war

Dec 26, 2006
D.B.S. Jeyaraj
The Sinhala supremacist regime of President Mahinda Rajapakse has a major politico - military objective against which the Tamil people are regarded as being of no consequence
One woman's plight is a reflection of life in Jaffna
Britain mulls bigger role in Sri Lanka
Gang rape, executions and a cover up
Donors unlikely to stop Sri Lanka's drive for war
Donor reps inspect conditions in Northeast
Sri Lanka: a graveyard of pacts
Civil war haunts Sri Lanka again
Growth statistics mask deepening economic crisis
A day of national grief
Depopulation is part of Rajapakse's genocidal war
One woman's plight is a reflection of life in Jaffna
Britain mulls bigger role in Sri Lanka
Gang rape, executions and a cover up
Donors unlikely to stop Sri Lanka's drive for war
Donor reps inspect conditions in Northeast
Sri Lanka: a graveyard of pacts
Civil war haunts Sri Lanka again
Growth statistics mask deepening economic crisis
A day of national grief
Depopulation is part of Rajapakse's genocidal war