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‘Where is the LTTE?’ Lawyer challenges terror charges against jailed Tamil rapper
  The lawyer representing detained Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar challenged allegations that his client sought to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during proceedings before the Jaffna Magistrate's Court this week, arguing that the material cited by police contains no reference to the organisation or its leadership. Sangeethsan, better known by his stage name…

Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister links politicians to organised crime and murder plots

May 21, 2025
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Public Security, Ananda Wijepala, delivered a damning statement in Parliament, confirming that multiple senior politicians are linked to organised criminal syndicates, including groups involved in drug trafficking, contract killings, and international crime networks.

Mullivaikkal Declaration reaffirms Tamil nation’s right to resist genocide 

May 21, 2025
Marking sixteen years since the Mullivaikkal genocide, the Mullivaikkal Remembrance Public Forum released a statement on 18 May 2025, reaffirming the Tamil nation’s unwavering commitment to justice, self-determination, and resistance against continued structural oppression by the Sri Lankan state.

Ponnambalam slams land seizure push as ‘deliberate effort to dispossess Tamils’

May 21, 2025
Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) leader and Jaffna District MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam has sharply criticised the Sri Lankan government’s latest move to seize thousands of acres of land in the North, accusing it of using bureaucratic manoeuvres as a pretext to advance Sinhala-Buddhist colonisation and displace Tamils from their homeland.

Valikamam North residents submit petition demanding return of occupied lands

May 21, 2025
Tamil residents from Valikamam North submitted a formal petition to the Governor of the Northern Province on May 18, urging the immediate release of lands that remain under prolonged Sri Lankan military occupation.

Mullivaikkal genocide memorial at Kurdish Community Centre

May 20, 2025

Kurdish Community Centre

Complete human skeleton uncovered at Chemmani 

May 20, 2025
A complete human skeleton has been unearthed during excavation works at the Sindhubath Hindu cremation grounds in Chemmani, Jaffna, intensifying suspicions that the site may be the location of a mass grave dating back to the mid-1990s, a period marked by extensive Sri Lankan military operations across the Tamil homeland.

Mullivaikkal remembrance at Colombo beach faces Sinhala opposition

May 20, 2025
A commemoration event to mark the massacres at Mullivaikkal was held at Wellawatte beach in Colombo on May 18, but faced a heavy Sri Lankan police presence and opposition from the Sinhala nationalist Sinhala Ravaya group. 

Remembering a reserved hero: Brigadier Balraj

May 20, 2025

Image by Tamil Narratives 

Today marks 17 years since the death of Brigadier Balraj, a senior commander with the LTTE, who passed away from a sudden heart attack in 2008.

Brig. Balraj was famed for his courage, leadership and skills on the battlefield.

His body was laid to rest with full military honours, at the Mulliyavalai Heroes Cemetery in Mullaitivu. The cemetery has since been destroyed by Sri Lankan security forces.

Tamils halt unauthorised mineral sand survey in Mannar

May 20, 2025
An attempt by a Colombo-based team to carry out a land survey for potential mineral sand mining in a privately-owned coastal property in the Pesalai 50-housing scheme area of Mannar was thwarted this week following local Tamil resistance.

Shritharan praises Canadian Tamil Genocide Monument and slams Sri Lankan politicians

May 20, 2025
Speaking at a remembrance event held in Neduntheevu to mark the 40th anniversary of the Kumuthini massacre, Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) Member of Parliament M.A. Sumanthiran condemned continued genocide denial by senior Sri Lankan politicians
Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister links politicians to organised crime and murder plots
Mullivaikkal Declaration reaffirms Tamil nation’s right to resist genocide 
Ponnambalam slams land seizure push as ‘deliberate effort to dispossess Tamils’
Valikamam North residents submit petition demanding return of occupied lands
Mullivaikkal genocide memorial at Kurdish Community Centre
Complete human skeleton uncovered at Chemmani 
Mullivaikkal remembrance at Colombo beach faces Sinhala opposition
Remembering a reserved hero: Brigadier Balraj
Tamils halt unauthorised mineral sand survey in Mannar
Shritharan praises Canadian Tamil Genocide Monument and slams Sri Lankan politicians
Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister links politicians to organised crime and murder plots
Mullivaikkal Declaration reaffirms Tamil nation’s right to resist genocide 
Ponnambalam slams land seizure push as ‘deliberate effort to dispossess Tamils’
Valikamam North residents submit petition demanding return of occupied lands
Mullivaikkal genocide memorial at Kurdish Community Centre
Complete human skeleton uncovered at Chemmani 
Mullivaikkal remembrance at Colombo beach faces Sinhala opposition
Remembering a reserved hero: Brigadier Balraj
Tamils halt unauthorised mineral sand survey in Mannar
Shritharan praises Canadian Tamil Genocide Monument and slams Sri Lankan politicians