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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…

Plight of Sri Lanka's war widows

Dec 23, 2008
Saroj Pathirana
The BBC's Sinhala service investigates the plight of Sri Lanka's war widows.

East: Anything but 'liberated'

Dec 9, 2008
Frederica Jansz
The government says that the 'liberated' east is an example of democracy in action and a model for areas recaptured from the LTTE. The reality is anything but. Killings and abductions are rife, and there is total impunity for horrific abuses.

Behind the muzzled: voices from a troubled Sri Lanka

Dec 9, 2008
Peter Foster
WHILE the world focuses on the fallout from Mumbai, Sri Lankan government forces are reportedly closing in on the key rebel strongholds of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu.

Will Obama's America stop exporting fear?

Nov 11, 2008
Basil Fernando
The results of the U.S. presidential election this week are more an overwhelming rejection of the way the United States has been run in the recent past, particularly during the Bush administration, than merely a victory for Barack Obama.

Remembering Tamilselvan

Nov 6, 2008
Lead Story
On the first anniversary of Tamilselvan’s funeral Tamil Guardian takes a look back at the editorial from last year, 7 November 2007.

Photo exhibition of Vanni IDP's in Norway

Oct 28, 2008
The Tamil Youth Organization (TYO) of Bergen, Norway, launched an exhibition titled "No Home – Just Hope" displaying photos depicting the plight of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Vanni, Sri Lanka

Italian Tamils march to raise awareness about Tamils plight in Sri Lanka

Oct 28, 2008
Two thousand plus Eelam Tamils marched in Southern Italy urging awarness of the plight of Eelam Tamils in Vanni and wider Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka hardens stand on GSP Plus

Oct 28, 2008
Sri Lanka defiantly refused to allow a European Union (EU) investigation into rights abuses callit an "infringement of Sri Lanka's sovereignty, self respect and dignity', and announced plans to support the garment industry financially if existing trade concessions are not renewed by EU.

Time for some introspection

Oct 28, 2008
TS Gopi Rethinaraj
The all-party meeting chaired by Tamil Nadu's (TN) Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on October 14 passed a resolution that MPs from the state would resign if the Centre failed to ensure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka (SL) in two weeks.

Where the different political parties in Tamil Nadu stand on the Tamil national question?

Oct 28, 2008
Outline of positions of parties in Tamil Nadu with respect to the Tamil National Question
Plight of Sri Lanka's war widows
East: Anything but 'liberated'
Behind the muzzled: voices from a troubled Sri Lanka
Will Obama's America stop exporting fear?
Remembering Tamilselvan
Photo exhibition of Vanni IDP's in Norway
Italian Tamils march to raise awareness about Tamils plight in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka hardens stand on GSP Plus
Time for some introspection
Where the different political parties in Tamil Nadu stand on the Tamil national question?
Plight of Sri Lanka's war widows
East: Anything but 'liberated'
Behind the muzzled: voices from a troubled Sri Lanka
Will Obama's America stop exporting fear?
Remembering Tamilselvan
Photo exhibition of Vanni IDP's in Norway
Italian Tamils march to raise awareness about Tamils plight in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka hardens stand on GSP Plus
Time for some introspection
Where the different political parties in Tamil Nadu stand on the Tamil national question?